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Name: METRO
Launched: 07/02/1947
Completed: 1947
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay
Yard Number: 108
Dimensions: 39.0ft
Engines: Oil engine
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number:
History:
1947 South Metropolitan Gas Co, London
1949 South Eastern Gas Board, London
Later believed to have been renamed RUFFIAN
19xx Messrs Sargent, Thames
19xx P Duggan, Thames
20xx Les Reid, Newark
Comments: May also be called METRO I (see photograph)
19xx: Fitted with a Ford diesel truck engine


Above photo copyright of The Journal

Above photo as RUFFIAN is courtesy of Ben Mann

Above photo as RUFFIAN is copyright of Les Reid

Above photo as RUFFIAN is copyright of Les Reid

Above photo as RUFFIAN is copyright of Les Reid

Above photo as RUFFIAN is copyright of Les Reid