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Name: LANGTON
Launched: 26/09/1892
Completed: 11/1892
Builder: S McKnight & Co, Ayr
Yard Number: 38
Dimensions: 157grt, 3nrt, 92.0 x 20.1 x 11.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (20 & 42 x 27ins), 74nhp, 580ihp
Engines By: Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102076
History:
1893 Alexandra Towing Co Ltd; registered at Liverpool
06/1909 J Batey & Son Ltd, Newcastle
06/1920 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd; registered at Newcastle
04/1953 Blyth Tug Co Ltd
05/1963 Broken up
Comments: 08/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty
03/1920: Returned to owners
05/1947: Hired to Blyth Tug Co Ltd
05/1949: Returned to owners
04/1953: Transferred to Blyth Tug Co Ltd cost £5,000
08/1954: Hired to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd
11/1962: Laid up awaiting disposal
05/1963: Broken up by JJ King & Co Ltd at Gateshead


Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums

Above photo courtesy of Piet Van Damme

Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost