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Name: NER NO 4
Launched: 22/11/1915
Completed: 03/1916
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Yard Number: 298
Dimensions: 177grt, 69nrt, 95.0 x 24.1 x 11.4ft
Engines: 2 x C2cyl (17 & 36 x 24ins), 133nhp, 800ihp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135920
History:
03/1916 North Eastern Railway Co, York
14/04/1916 Registered at West Hartlepool
01/1923 London & North Eastern Railway Co
11/1941 Ministry of War Transport, (managed by Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd)
11/1942 London & North Eastern Railway Co
01/1948 British Transport Commission
01/1960 Broken up
Comments: 03/1916: Completed for £9,985
23/05/1917: Requisitioned by the War Office for service at Le Havre,
(manager, C Rowbotham & Son, London)
13/11/1919: Returned to owner
17/11/1941: Requisitioned by Ministry of War Transport for Admiralty service,
(manager, Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle)
18/11/1942: Returned to owner
01/1960: Sold to BISCO - British Iron & Steel Corporation
Allocated to CW Dorkin & Co at Gateshead for breaking up


Above photo is copyright of the Albert Weller Collection

Above photo, showing NER NO 4 at Le Havre (L) during WW1, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox