Name: | PEN CW |
Launched: | 24/10/1912 |
Completed: | 12/1912 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 291 |
Dimensions: | 168grt, 69nrt, 105.1 x 21.1 x 9.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x D1cyl (28 x 48ins), 68nhp, 400ihp |
Engines by: | Baird Bros, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135172 |
History: | |
11/12/1912 | Great Western Railway Co; registered at London |
01/07/1927 | Tees Towing Co Ltd ( Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers), Middlesbrough; |
1927 | Registered at Middlesbrough; renamed INGLEBY CROSS |
29/11/1933 | Grangemouth & Forth Towing Co Ltd |
1933 | Registered at Grangemouth; renamed ELIE |
12/1962 | Broken up |
Comments: | An unusual design in that the funnel was forward of the paddle boxes |
1927: Purchase price £1,750 | |
11/11/1939 to 04/02/1942: On Admiralty service at Rosyth dockyard | |
12/1962: Delivered to JA White & Co at St Davids-on-Forth for breaking up |
Above photo is courtesy of James Pottinger
Above photo taken at Methil in August 1962 is copyright of James Pottinger
Above image is copyright of PN Thomas