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Name: YAW
Launched: 30/09/1947
Completed: 1947
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay
Yard Number: 107
Dimensions: 95grt, 15nrt, 95.0 x 17.0 x 9.0ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 4cyl (10.5 x 13.5)
Engines by: Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1947 Burmah Oil Co Ltd, Rangoon
No later history known
Comments: Also accommodation for 120 x passengers
After trials, engine removed & hull cut in half for shipping to Burmah
24/11/1947: Loaded onto PEGU at Jarrow Slake


Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives

Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives

Caption: TITAN II loading the stem of a towing launch on board the
     ss PEGU at Jarrow Slake for shipment overseas with four barges

Above photo of MON or YAW copyright of Wallsend News