Name: | WEARMOUTH |
Launched: | 28/11/1928 |
Completed: | 02/1929 |
Builder: | Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby |
Yard Number: | 1036 |
Dimensions: | 182grt, 2nrt, 95.2 x 25.1 x 11.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (21 & 43 x 27ins), 900ihp |
Engines by: | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.75knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160311 |
History: | |
04/02/1929 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Sunderland |
01/1959 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd |
12/1966 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd |
01/1969 | Broken up |
Comments: | 01/1969: Broken up by Clayton & Davie, Dunston |
Above: Possibly a trials photo. Courtesy of Eddie Frost
Above: On the slipway at Harrison's Yard, Bill Quay. Copyright of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe
Above 3 photos, taking the collier SIR DAVID II to the Lambton Staiths above the Wear Bridge. Copyright of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Peter Ross
Above photo is copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above photo is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe
Above: WEARMOUTH heads for the breakers. Photo is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe