Name: | PLUTO |
Launched: | |
Completed: | 1924 |
Builder: | Gebr G & H Bodewes, Martenshoek, Netherlands |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 160grt, 0nrt, 99.1 x 21.3 x 12.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (335, 540 & 886 x 580mm), 58nhp |
Engines By: | Gebr Päglow, Hamburg |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169251 |
History: | |
1924 | Em Z Svitzer's Salvage Company Ltd; registered at Copenhagen |
02/1953 | Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd; registered at Newcastle; renamed EASTSIDER |
01/1959 | Tyne Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
02/1968 | Broken up |
Comments: | 02/1953: Cost £20,000 |
Broken up by Hughes Bolckow, Blyth |
Above: PLUTO as originally delivered for EM Z Svitzer. Photo courtesy of Jaap Bijl
Above: PLUTO as rebuilt
Above photo as PLUTO courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo copyright of Fotoflight
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo, taken 07/1962, is copyright of Les Turner
Above photo courtesy of Roy Lambeth