Name: | MARSDEN |
Launched: | 22/05/1956 |
Completed: | 07/1956 |
Builder: | PK Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore |
Yard Number: | 60 |
Dimensions: | 122grt, 93.3 x 25.3 x 8.9ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 12cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1080bhp |
Engines by: | General Motors Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 186859 |
History: | |
17/08/1956 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle |
01/1959 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd |
05/1977 | Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd |
04/1978 | Chartered to Wear Tugs Ltd |
04/1986 | Chartered to Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd |
12/1987 | Medway Port Services Ltd, Strood & Corveda Marine Ltd, Stanmore |
03/1989 | Medway Port Services Ltd, Strood |
1993 | General Port Services |
2002 | Private owner |
Comments: | Engine was manufactured in 1944 |
05/1977: Cost £45,000 | |
12/1987: Cost £20,000 | |
2002: Private house boat at Hoo Marina | |
01/2022: Sank at mooring and subsequently raised | |
02/2023: Sank at mooring |
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