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Name: MARY BLAKE
Launched: 15/12/1909
Completed: 02/1910
Builder: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 601
Dimensions: 70grt, 0nrt, 71.3 x 19.1 x 9.3ft
Engines: C2cyl, 75nhp, 375ihp; (1953: Oil engine, 480bhp)
Engines By: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129073
History:
1910 Thames Steam Tug & Lighterage Co Ltd; registered at London
192X R G Odell Ltd, London; renamed DENTON
1953 Renamed CHURCHILL
1972 J Sullivan, Greenland Dock, Thames
Believed broken up
Comments: 19/12/1939 to 07/1942: On Admiralty balloon barrage service
07/1942 to 19/08/1946: On naval service, managed by Ross & Marshall Ltd
19/08/1946: Returned to owners
1953: Re-engined with an oil engine 480bhp-358kW


Above photo as DENTON courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as CHURCHILL courtesy of Barney Hunt

Above photo as CHURCHILL courtesy of Barney Hunt

Above photo as CHURCHILL courtesy of David Asprey