Name: | ULYSSES |
Launched: | 1874 |
Completed: | 08/1874 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 103 |
Dimensions: | 118grt, 16nrt, 100.6 x 18.0 x 9.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (26.5 x 48ins), 70nhp, 450ihp |
Engines By: | J Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 70605 |
History: | |
17/08/1874 | Thomas Banks, Charles Brownfield & 6 other Gravesend pilots; registered at London |
1885 | Joseph Lawson, South Shields |
03/1895 | Lawson Steam Tug-boat Co; registered at South Shields |
06/1920 | Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, South Shields |
06/1937 | Broken up |
Comments: | 05/1917: Hired by The Admiralty |
07/1917: Returned to owners | |
1937: Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston on Tyne. Cost £445 |
Above: ULYSSES leads PEAR BRANCH (built Palmers 1921, 4786grt) up the river. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage