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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