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