Name: | RHEDA |
Launched: | n/a |
Completed: | 1925 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1004 |
Dimensions: | 107grt, 41nrt, 72.9 x 18.0 x 7.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4cyl (8.5 x 9.5ins) |
Engines by: | Norris, Henty & Gardners Ltd, Manchester |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1943: 174489) |
History: | |
1925 | Newfoundland Export & Shipping Co Ltd |
22/05/1943 | Bowater's Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd; registered at St John's |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Built as a timber tug with a flat bottom and winches |
so it could haul itself over land between creeks | |
Built in kit form & assembled in Canada |