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Name: GOOLE NO 8
Launched: 07/07/1891
Completed: 09/1891
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 132
Dimensions: 149grt, 12nrt, 100.0 x 19.6 x 11.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (13.25, 22 & 36 x 24ins), 75nhp, 400ihp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 98386
History:
09/1891 Goole & Hull Steam Towing Co Ltd; registered at Goole
01/1899 TW Elliott et al (John Page,manager); registered at London; renamed GAUNTLET
04/1902 Elliott Steam Tug Co Ltd (John Page, manager), London
12/1924 Victor A Cappon, Dundee
1925 Registered at Dundee
04/1937 VA Cappon Tugs Ltd (VA Cappon, manager), Dundee
03/1940 Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co Ltd, Dundee appointed as managers
08/1946 Broken up
Comments: 15/08/1914 to 15/03/1918: On War Office service
16/02/1918 to 28/09/1919: On Admiralty service
08/03/1941 to 15/12/1945: On Admiralty service
08/1946: Broken up by Van Heyghen Frères at Ghent


Above photo as GOOLE NO 8 copyright of Charlie Hill

Hull Daily Mail, Wednesday, 08/07/1891