| Name: | GOLDEN CROSS |
| Launched: | 24/03/1955 |
| Completed: | 12/07/1955 |
| Builder: | Scott & Sons Ltd, Bowling |
| Yard Number: | 407 |
| Dimensions: | 132grt, 0nrt, 86.3 x 23.9 x10.3ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Premier type, 4cyl (14.5 x 19ins), 750bhp, 9tbp, 9kts |
| Engines By: | Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169164 |
| History: | |
| 12/07/1955 | Tees Towing Co Ltd (William Crosthwaite & Son, manager); registered at Middlebrough |
| 07/08/1968 | Newport Screw Towing Co Ltd; registered at Newport; renamed DUNHERON |
| 1971 | Cory Ship Towage Ltd |
| 1972 | AC Cranes Ltd, Dublin |
| 1978 | Carmet Tug Co Ltd, Bromborough |
| 1991 | Tyne Towage, Newcastle |
| 1994 | Lawrence & Co, London |
| 05/1996 | Pounds Shipowners & Shipbreakers Ltd, Portsmouth |
| 07/1996 | Captain White, London |
| 1997 | Registered in Guernsey; renamed GOLDEN CROSS |
| 2012 | Project Golden Cross (Volunteer group), Argyll |
| 12/11/2013 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1997: Owned by actress Suzie Wong & Captain White |
| Many grand claims were made for this humble tug as a way of generating interest. | |
| She was never a search & rescue vessel or part of the Cunard fleet. | |
| She did help tow HMY BRITANNIA out of Teesport, but hardly a Royal Escort. | |
| 17/04/2012: Purchased by a group of volunteers & moored at Ardentinny for restoration | |
| 07/2012: Broke loose from her moorings and ran aground on a sandbank | |
| 16/04/2013: Broke loose from her moorings again and ran aground on a sandbank | |
| 04/05/2013: Taking on water at her moorings, so beached to avoid sinking | |
| 12/11/2013: Raised & towed to Rosneath for breaking up by DRB Marine Services Ltd |
Above: On builders trials in 1955. Photo courtesy of George Robinson
Above: After sale to Newport Screw Towing. Photo is copyright of Danny Lynch
Above: After change of name to DUNHERON. Photo is copyright of Danny Lynch
Above: After sale to Cory Ship Towage. Photo is copyright of Danny Lynch
Above photo, in Carmet Tug Co livery, is copyright of Danny Lynch
Above photo, in Carmet Tug Co livery, is copyright of Danny Lynch
Above photo, in Carmet Tug Co livery, is copyright of Danny Lynch
Above: Dressed up for the visit of the Tall Ships Race to the Tyne.
Above photo, in Tyne Towage livery, is copyright of Danny Lynch
Above photo dated 19/08/1992, is copyright of Michael Green
Above photo, in the guise of a Search & Rescue vessel, is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of Charles McCrossan
Above: Laid up in the River Fal on 04/05/2009. Photo is copyright of Charles Loughlin
Above: Aground near Shepherds Point, Ardentinny, Argyll. Photo copyright of Ardentinny.Org
Above: Aground near Shepherds Point, Ardentinny, Argyll. Photo copyright of Ardentinny.Org
Above photo is copyright of Dougie Coull
Above: The very end. Photo copyright of DRB Marine Services Ltd