Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
TID 172
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
Owner: Steam Tid Ltd.. (non-member)
Area: River Stour (UK).
Website: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tidtug/index.htm
HULLTug
Built 1946 by H. Scarr Ltd. at Hessle.
LOA: 73' 10", Beam: 17', Displacement: 54 gross tons.
Welded steel, pre-fabricated
ENGINECompound, 12½" + 26" x 18".
Built 1946 by J. Dickinson & Sons Ltd. at Sunderland.
Valve(s): pv on HP, sv on LP.
2 tfc, 2 cbs.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1946 by A. Anderson & Co. at Motherwell.
Heating Area: 761 sqft.
2-furnace, 9' dia x 9' 6" long.
PROP4 blades.
HISTORYBuilt for MoWT, 1946 to Admiralty as W92, and MARTELLO for a short period. 1973 to T.W. Ward Ltd., Grays, for scrap. Then to Albert Groom for preservation. 1988 taken over by present group.
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