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Name: NER NO 5
Launched: 06/08/1922
Completed: 13/12/1922
Builder: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Yard Number: 449
Dimensions: 161grt, 0nrt, 75.0 x 26.1 x 12.2ft; (1954: 189grt, 85.6 x 75.0 x 12.2ft)
Engines: 2 x C2cyl (18 & 38 x 26ins), 173nhp
Engines by: Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 139913
History:
13/12/1922 North Eastern Railway Co, York; registered at South Shields
01/01/1923 London & North Eastern Railway Co, London
1937 Tyne Improvement Commission, Newcastle; renamed TIC TUG NO 2
1955 Newport Screw Towing Co; renamed MONNOW
08/1960 Broken up
Comments: 1954: Lengthened
08/1960: Broken up by Haulbowline Industries at Passage West, Cork


Above photo as TIC TUG NO 2 is copyright of John Johnson

Above photo as MONNOW is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo as MONNOW is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Profile & Decks plans copyright of PN Thomas. Click HERE to enlarge

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