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