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Name: ROUGHSIDER
Launched: 10/02/1958
Completed: 29/05/1958
Builder: Richard Dunston Ltd, Thorne
Yard Number: T978
Dimensions: 143grt, 92.5 x 23.0 x 9.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (320 x 450mm), 750bhp
Engines By: Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Cologne
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186876
History:
05/1958 Blyth Tug Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle
11/1958 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
01/1959 Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd
06/1980 Chartered to Wear Tugs Ltd
02/1986 Broken up
Comments: 11/1958: Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs at a cost of £71,000
02/1986: Broken up JA White & Co at Inverkeithing; cost £4,700


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