Tyne tug Prestwick Nore Swale 1955

TYNE TUGS AND TUG BUILDERS

A history of Tyne Tugs, their builders and owners

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Name:	PRESTWICK
Launched:	10/01/1955
Completed:	03/1955
Builder:	PK Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore
Yard Number:	56
Dimensions:	119grt, 93.3 x 25.3 x 8.3ft
Engines:	Oil engine, 2SA, 12cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1080bhp
Engines By:	General Motors Corporation, La Grange, Illinois
Propulsion:	1 x Screw
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	186840

History:
03/1955	France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle
05/1977	Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd
04/1978	Chartered to Wear Tugs Ltd
04/1986	Chartered to Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd
12/1987	Medway Port Services Ltd, Strood & Corveda Marine Ltd, Stanmore
19XX	Medway Port Services Ltd, Strood
1993	General Port Services
2001	NE Murray & Sons, Queenborough; renamed NORE SWALE
2009	Unknown owner, Nigeria; renamed BELYNDA
11/2011	Broken up

Comments:	The engines manufactured in 1944
	05/1977: Cost £40,000
	12/1987: Cost £20,000
	23/06/2009: Detained at Sines, Portugal, after port state control inspection
	Subsequently abandoned at Sines
	11/2011: Broken up at Sines