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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