Tyne tug Joffre 1916

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Tug

Name:	JOFFRE
Launched:	22/11/1915
Completed:	05/1916
Builder:	Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ardrossan
Yard Number:	265
Dimensions:	260grt, 3nrt, 115.0 x 26.1 x 11.7ft
Engines:	T3cyl (18, 28.5 & 46 x 30ins), 177nhp, 650ihp
Engines By:	JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	135730

History:
05/1916	Lawson Steam Tug-boat Co Ltd, Newcastle; registered at Ardrossan
06/1920	Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
1925	Registered at Newcastle
01/1959	Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd
03/1966	Broken up

Comments:	Original owner defaulted on the shipbuilder and Lawson took over the contract
	23/11/1917: On Admiralty service as a rescue tug & for coastal towing
	15/03/1919: Returned to owners
	27/05/1925: Ran ashore in fog off Bolt Head, South-Devon, when
	on a voyage from Falmouth to Antwerp
	30/05/1925: Refloated by tug TROVER and beached at Salcombe
	Subsequently towed to Falmouth for 10 days of repairs.
	Towed to the Tyne, where she spent a further 28 days at Tyne Dock Engineering Co Ltd at a cost of £1,750. But repairs were actually carried out by JP Rennoldson and a bill from them for £4,218 was disputed and eventually settled at £3,150.
	03/1935: New boiler fitted
	01/1953: Damaged when run down by BLENHEIM at Stanhope Buoys, South Shields.
	03/1966: Broken up by PW MacLellan at Bo'ness. Cost £4,075