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Name: LA MORINIE
Launched:
Completed: 1919
Builder: Scheepswerf P Boele & Zoon, Slikkerveer
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 213grt, 23nrt, 101.2 x 22.5 x 10.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (14, 23 & 39 x 27ins), 79nhp, 600ihp
Engines By: Alblasserdamsche Machinefabriek
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1949: 169221)
History:
1919 Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne, Boulogne
1940 German Kriegsmarine, Bordeaux
02/1949 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
24/10/1949 Registered at Newcastle, renamed WAYSIDER
01/1959 Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
01/1964 Broken up
Comments: C1940: Siezed by the Kriegsmarine & served with Hafenkommandant Bordeaux
1945: Returned to owner
02/1949: Cost £6,881
03/1949: Arrived in the Tyne, towed by the SERVICEMAN
04/1949: Towed by JOFFRE to Sunderland for refit by John Crown & Sons Ltd
1964: Broken up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd at Blyth; Cost £1,710


Above photo as LA MORINIE courtesy of Frederic Bogaert

Above photo as LA MORINIE courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as LA MORINIE courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as WAYSIDER courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo as WAYSIDER courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo as WAYSIDER courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo as WAYSIDER courtesy of Jaap Bijl

Above photo as WAYSIDER is copyright of South Shields Libraries

Above photo as WAYSIDER courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as WAYSIDER copyright of Les Turner

Above photo as WAYSIDER copyright of Les Turner