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Name: HERALD
Launched: 15/06/1907
Completed: 06/1907
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 261
Dimensions: 367grt, 46nrt, 125.3 x 28.2 x 13.0ft; (1914: 153nrt); (1919: 4nrt)
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28.5 & 46 x 30ins), 132nhp
Engines By: GT Grey, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124072
History:
1907 Alexandra Towing Co Ltd; registered at Liverpool
1919 GT Grey, South Shields
1919 British Tanker Co Ltd, London
1921 Petroleum Steamship Co Ltd, London
1953 Broken up
Comments: 1907: Operated as a tug-tender
08/09/1914 to 04/02/1919: Hired by the Admiralty
1919: Upper aft deck removed & converted into a tug
1953: Broken up by A Ebrahim at Bombay in Q4


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