| Name: | VICTOR |
| Launched: | 09/05/1906 |
| Completed: | 05/1906 |
| Builder: | A Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
| Yard Number: | 418 |
| Dimensions: | 175grt, 8nrt, 106.0 x 22.1 x 10.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (20 & 40 x 27ins), 99nhp, 675ihp |
| Engines by: | A Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 121336 |
| History: | |
| 19/05/1906 | Steel & Bennie Ltd, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow |
| 1926 | Peter McLeod, Alloa |
| 04/1928 | Ridley Steam Tug Co Ltd; renamed MARTY; registered at Newcastle |
| 03/1955 | Company restyled Ridley Tugs Ltd |
| 01/1959 | Chartered to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd |
| 01/1959 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd |
| 05/1959 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 20/01/1926: Sank in Princes Dock, Glasgow |
| 04/1928: Cost £850, with PREMIER sold in part exchange (value £1,150) | |
| Sold to BISCO and allocated to JJ King & Co at Gateshead; cost £1,000 | |
| 21/05/1959: Arrived at Gateshead for breaking up |
Above photo as VICTOR is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as VICTOR is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as VICTOR, after sinking in Princes Dock, is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as MARTY is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as MARTY is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MARTY is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as MARTY is courtesy of Mike Newby, with his Dad on the bridge
Above photo as MARTY is courtesy of TugTalk
Above: MARTY at the breakers. Photo is copyright of Les Turner
The Scotsman, Thursday, 21/01/1926