| Name: | VIXEN |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1896 |
| Builder: | Allsup & Co Ltd, Preston |
| Yard Number: | 161 |
| Dimensions: | 115grt, 20nrt, 95.8 x 18.2 x 10.1ft; (1913: 119grt, 0nrt) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (17.5 & 35.25 x 24ins), 60rhp, 320ihp, 10kts |
| Engines By: | Allsup & Co Ltd, Preston |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 105277 |
| History: | |
| 1896 | Thomas W Fox, Plymouth; registered at Plymouth |
| 1908 | G Robinson & Co, Middlesbrough |
| 05/1909 | Tees Tug Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
| 1913 | Registered at Middlesbrough |
| 23/11/1914 | Renamed ARCHDALE |
| 18/03/1919 | War Office, Dept of Director-General of Movements & Railways |
| 04/1921 | Coulson Tug Co Ltd; registered at South Shields; renamed JOHN COULSON |
| 06/1923 | Mrs Jane E Strong (JE Strong, manager), Belfast |
| 1937 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 09/1915 to 12/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty |
| 1919: Allocated pennant HS36 | |
| 1937: Broken up at Glasgow |
Above photo as ARCHDALE is copyright of John H Proud