| Name: | RESCUE |
| Launched: | 1869 |
| Completed: | 10/1869 |
| Builder: | T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 126grt, 26nrt, 107.2 x 18.5 x 9.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (28.5 x 54ins), 60nhp |
| Engines by: | T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63510 |
| History: | |
| 06/10/1869 | William & George Thomas, Gravesend; registered at London |
| 1872 | M Brownfield, Poplar |
| 1877 | William Daines, Gravesend |
| 1879 | William Renney, London |
| 1881 | George R Lardner, Gravesend |
| 1885 | H Green, Blackwall |
| 1886 | John Mitchell, Malcolm Brownfield et al, Gravesend |
| 11/1891 | Thomas F Ward, Middlesbrough; registered at Middlesbrough |
| 10/1892 | Tees Tug & Lighter Co Ltd (TF Ward), Middlesbrough |
| 10/1897 | William Black, James Westoll & John Adamson, Sunderland; registered at North Shields |
| 1903 | Anchor Steam Tug Co Ltd (manager, Alfred Atkinson), North Shields |
| 07/1920 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1932 | William Pickersgill & Son Ltd, Sunderland |
| 1932 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo, showing RESCUE at Gravesend in about 1888, is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich - Gould Collection
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo, showing RESCUE in Winlo's wooden floating dock is copyright of South Shields Central Library