Name: | TA JOLLIFFE |
Launched: | 27/11/1901 |
Completed: | 12/1901 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 213 |
Dimensions: | 199grt, 14nrt, 113.0 x 23.7 x 12.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 41 x 27ins), 99nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115238 |
History: | |
27/12/1901 | Sarah A Howard (née Jolliffe) & John Woodburn; registered at Liverpool (t/a W & T Jolliffe) |
04/1908 | W & T Jolliffe Ltd (Alexandra Towing Company Ltd, managers) |
08/1923 | Martin Constant; registered at London; renamed EASTLEIGH |
01/1924 | James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd, London |
11/1924 | Charles Roberts, Bristol |
11/1930 | Samuel & Thomas Henry Roberts, Bristol |
11/1936 | Charles Roberts & Sons Ltd, Bristol; (managed by Samuel Roberts, Sharpness) |
1947 | CJ King & Sons Ltd, Bristol |
1949 | Broken up |
Comments: | 12/08/1914 to 07/10/1914: Hired for Admiralty service |
Towed monitors to East Africa to attack the German cruiser KONIGSBERG | |
16/11/1914 to 08/03/1915: On War Office service | |
09/03/1915 to 14/02/1920: On Admiralty service | |
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details |
Above: In Jolliffe colours. Photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above: TA JOLLIFFE (R) at Malta preparing to tow the monitors. Photo is courtesy of Piet Van Damme
Above: TA JOLLIFFE armed for Admiralty service. Photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as EASTLEIGH is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as EASTLEIGH is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as EASTLEIGH is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as EASTLEIGH is courtesy of Alfred Turner