Name: | SNOWDON |
Launched: | 03/01/1885 |
Completed: | 03/1885 |
Builder: | Lawson & Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 2 |
Dimensions: | 106grt, 11nrt, 96.0 x 18.7 x 9.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (27 x 48ins), 50rhp, 200ihp |
Engines By: | Baird & Barnsley, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 80242 |
History: | |
19/03/1885 | Portmadoc Steam Tug Co, Portmadoc; registered at Caernarvon |
11/1900 | John Dry & T Robinson; registered at South Shields |
05/1908 | John Dry Steam Tugs Ltd, South Shields |
08/1929 | Redhead & Dry Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
09/1938 | RL Cook Towage Co Ltd; registered at Sunderland |
11/1947 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle & Sunderland |
09/1949 | Broken up |
Comments: | 09/1949: Broken up by RB Harrison at Bill Quay |
Above: Dry's PRINCE (outbd) and SNOWDON (inbd) at South Shields in 1910. Photo is copyright of South Shields Central Library
Above photo of SNOWDON when operated by RL Cook Towage Co is courtesy of Eddie Frost
Sunderland Daily Echo & Shipping Gazette, Thursday, 22/09/1949