| Name: | TID 174 |
| Launched: | 10/1945 |
| Completed: | 02/1946 |
| Builder: | Henry Scarr Ltd, Hessle |
| Yard Number: | S482 |
| Dimensions: | 54grt, 14nrt, 65.0 x 17.0 x 7.3ft; (1963: 63grt, 0nrt) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (12.5 &26 x 18ins), 42nhp, 220ihp, 8.5kts; (1963: Oil engine, 8cyl, 375bhp, 8kts) |
| Engines By: | John Dickinson & Son Ltd, Sunderland; (1963: GM Cleveland, built 1943) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 180480 |
| History: | |
| 1946 | Ministry of Transport, managed by Townsend Brothers (Ferries) Ltd |
| 1946 | Government of France |
| 1948 | Compagnie de Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles", Le Havre; renamed ABEILLE NO 13 |
| 1963 | Sirespa Building Co Ltd, La Baie, Canada; renamed BAIE COMEAU |
| 1966 | Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co |
| 1966 | Renamed BONCHURCH |
| 1967 | Owners restyled Red Funnel Tugs Group, Southampton |
| 1983 | Pounds Marine Shipping Ltd, Portsmouth (Shipbreakers) |
| 1987 | Marev Tugs, Penryn |
| 1992 | Lagan Marine Services, Belfast |
| 1993 | Tyne Towage Ltd, Hebburn |
| 1998 | Read Heavy Lift, USA (remained in UK) |
| 2002 | Eveleigh, (Griffin Towage), Southampton |
| 2002 | Shane Francis, Leigh on Sea |
| 2005 | Private owner, River Weaver |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | A member of the TID Class of wartime emergency vessels. 183 TIDs were produced. |
| 1963: Did not travel to Canada, but was re-engined and then laid up at Hamble. | |
| 1963: Re-engined by Glebe Construction Ltd | |
| 2010: Converted to house boat |
Above: TID 174 inboard. Photo courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo showing BONCHURCH in Red Funnel ownership is courtesy of Ted Ingham
Above photo showing BONCHURCH in Red Funnel ownership is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo showing BONCHURCH in Tyne Towage ownership is copyright Kevin Blair
Above photo showing BONCHURCH in Tyne Towage ownership is copyright Kevin Blair
Above photo showing BONCHURCH in Tyne Towage ownership is copyright Kevin Blair
Above photo showing BONCHURCH in Tyne Towage ownership is copyright Graeme Turner
Above photo taken at Benfleet 04/12/2004 is copyright of David Asprey
Above: On the slip at Ramsgate. Photo copyright of Peter Wearing
Above photo taken on the River Weaver is copyright of Peter Shaw
Above photo taken on the River Weaver is copyright of Peter Shaw
Above photo taken on the River Weaver is copyright of Peter Shaw