| Name: | SAMSON |
| Year: | 1881 |
| Builder: | L Tilkin & Co, Liege |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 119grt, 2nrt, 90.6 x 18.3 x 11.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (30, 35 x 22ins), 73nhp, 350ihp; (1923: C2cyl (18 & 36 x 22ins), 74nhp, 450ihp) |
| Engines By: | L Tilkin & Co, Liege; (1923: Richardson, Westgarth & Co Ltd) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 134960 |
| History: | |
| 1881 | Soc Anon de Remorquage à Hélice (SARH), Antwerp |
| 04/1913 | Leonard Brown, South Shields; renamed SYMBOL |
| 1914 | Registered at South Shields |
| 04/1915 | Sunderland Towage Co Ltd |
| 1919 | TA Hughes & Co, London |
| 12/1919 | G Alder, Middlesbrough |
| 1923 | Renamed GRAYTHORPE |
| 01/1930 | AM Crosthwaite, Middlesbrough |
| 01/1930 | Transferred to Middlesbrough Towage Co Ltd (JW Nellist, manager) |
| 08/1934 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1894: new boiler |
| 1905: new boiler | |
| 1915: Cost £2,300 | |
| 09/1915 to 06/1916 Hired by the Admiralty | |
| 06/1916 to 1919 Hired by the War Office; renamed HS 37 for the duration | |
| 1923: Re-engined | |