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Although the Tyne was the most prolific tug builder, many non-Tyne built tugs were owned or operated by the various Tyne tug owners.

The following is a list of tugs, owned or operated on the Tyne, but built elsewhere. The tug names listed below are the names by which they were known on the Tyne:

Name Year Builder
Aid 1877 Millwall Docks & Engineering
Albert Edward 1853 Unknown, Stettin?
Alexandra * 1885 Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Alnmouth * 1962 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Alnwick * 1955 PK Harris & Sons, Appledore
Alys Ann * 1952 Henry Scarr, Hessle
Amber Rose * 1968 Unknown
Appelsider * 1962 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Ashbrooke * 1955 PK Harris & Sons, Appledore
Asp * 1959 Thurston & Woodall, Bow
Bamburgh * 1956 PK Harris & Sons, Appledore
Bantam 1 * 1948 EC Jones & Sons, Brentford
Battleaxe * 1911 Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
Beamish * 1944 JS Watson, Gainsborough
Ben Ledi * 1878 Hall Russell & Co, Aberdeen
Betsy Duncan 1889 W Cook, Middlesbrough
Boa * 1959 Thurston & Woodall, Bow
Bonchurch * 1946 Henry Scarr, Hessle
Bulldog * 1884 London Drydock Co, Deptford
Challenge 1861 Frederick Leach, Middlesbrough
Cherry * 1970 Tees Offshore Marine
Cleadon * 1899 John Jones & Sons, Liverpool
Cob * 1911 Smith's Dock, South Bank
Comet * 1876 J & M Gunn & Co, Cardiff
Cornhill * 1943 American Shipbuilding Co, Buffalo
Courier 1853 Unknown, Stettin?
Cragsider * 1976 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Criccieth * 1905 Cox & Co, Falmouth
Cumbrae * 1961 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Dockman * 1949 Henry Scarr, Hessle
Dragon 1826 Sunderland
Dunelm * 1964 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Dunheron * 1955 Scott & Sons, Bowling
Earsdon * 1912 Boele & Pot, Bolnes
Eastsider * 1924 G & H Bodewes, Martenshoek
Empire Andrew 1944 R Dunston, Thorne
Empire Jane 1944 Alexander Hall & Co, Aberdeen
Empire Mustang * 1943 JS Watson, Gainsborough
Empire Plane * 1941 R Dunston, Thorne
Empire Sara * 1943 Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Empire Sybil * 1943 Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Excelsior * 1866 Unknown, Blackwall
Exemplar * 1939 Deutsche Schiff-und Maschinebau AG Werk
Expatriate * 1925 G Seebeck, Wesermunde, Germany
Flying Cloud * 1867 Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow
Flying Foam 1877 Murdoch & Murray, Port Glasgow
Flying Scud * 1877 Neath Abbey Iron Works, Neath
Flying Spindrift * 1986 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Fulwell * 1899 John Jones & Sons, Liverpool
Grangetown * 1943 American Shipbuilding Co, Buffalo
Granville * 1876 Westwood, Baillie & Co, Blackwall
Great Britain 1898 Cumming & Ellis, Inverkeithing
Guide 1869 Harvey & Co, Hayle
Harwich * 1877 JH Vaux, Harwich
Hendon * 1977 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Hillsider * 1911 Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
Hillsider * 1988 Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Holmsider * 1984 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Homer * 1915 Ardrossan Drydock & Shipbuilding
HT Blade * 1990 Richards, Great Yarmouth
Impetus * 1954 Mutzelfeldtwerft Gmbh, Cuxhaven
Ironsider * 1967 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Joffre * 1916 Ardrossan Dry Dock, Ardrossan
John Coulson * 1896 Allsup & Co, Preston
Joseph Crosthwaite * 1896 J Cran & Co, Leith
Kielo * 1922 Warren's (New Holland) Shipyard
Langton * 1892 S McKnight & Co, Ayr
Lewis Crosthwaite * 1912 Boele & Pot, Bolnes
Manxman 1891 R Craggs & Sons, Middlesbrough
Marsden * 1956 PK Harris & Sons, Appledore
Marty * 1906 Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
Maximus * 1956 Mutzelfeldtwerft Gmbh, Cuxhaven
MB 1 * 1957 PK Harris & Sons, Appledore
Mentor * 1883 TB Seath & Co, Rutherglen
Mikey Dev * 1962 PK Harris & Sons, Appledore
Mildred * 1893 Pool, Skinner & Williams, Falmouth
Mildred II * 1902 Lobnitz & Co Ltd, Renfrew
Momentum * 1922 Lubecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft, Lubeck
Netherton (P) 1838 Blyth
Northsider * 1896 J Cran & Co, Leith
Northsider * 1967 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Oscar * 1876 George Butchard, Milton Ironworks, Gravesend
Overgarth 1907 Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Osprey Boxer * 2010 Damen Shipyards, Netherlands
Osprey Fighter * 2007 Jiangsu Wuxi Shipyard, China
Panther 1884 Elliot & Jeffery, Cardiff
Pengarth * 1962 Charles Hill, Bristol
Plover * 1881 John Reid & Co, Port Glasgow
Premier 1894 AW Robertson & Co, Canning Town
Prestwick * 1955 PK Harris & Sons, Appledore
Primrose * 1906 R Cock & Sons, Appledore
Prince * 1859 Rye
Pullwell Bravo * 1955 Scheepswerf van Rupelmonde
Pushy Dev * 1956 Hepworth Shipbuilders, Paull, Hull
Quaysider * 1955 Mutzelfeldtwerft, Cuxhaven
Rainbow * 1864 J Ash & Co, Cubitt Town
Roughsider * 1958 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Rowangarth * 1981 McTay Marine, Bromborough
Royal Briton * 1885 Finch & Co, Chepstow
Ryhope * 1943 Decatur Iron & Steel, Alabama
Saint Florence * 1919 J Crichton & Co, Saltney, Chester
Sarah D * 1881 South Ocean Services, Portsmouth
Scalpa 1881 Alexander Hall & Co, Aberdeen
Seasider * 1919 Crabtree & Sons, Great Yarmouth
Seasider * 1985 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Severn * 1862 Stothert & Marten, Bristol
Sir Alfred Palmer * 1919 Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth
Sir Walter Raleigh 1876 Allsup & Sons, Preston
Smith's Docks No 3 * 1911 Smith's Dock, South Bank
Solway 1866 Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
Southsider * 1941 T van Duijvendijk, Lekkerkerk
Stag * 1897 Cumming & Ellis, Inverkeithing
Svitzer Lyndhurst * 1996 McTay Marine, Bromborough
Svitzer Maltby * 2005 Baltija Shipbuilding Yard, Klaipeda
Svitzer Redbridge * 1995 Yorkshire Dry Dock, Hull
Symbol 1881 L Tilkin & Co, Liege
Taliesin * 1883 Tyneside Engine Works Co, Cardiff
TH Dev * 1952 Henry Scarr, Hessle
Thames 1866 Dudgeon J & W, Cubitt Town, London
TIC No 2 * 1922 Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
TIC Tug No 1 * 1909 Cox & Co (Engineers), Falmouth
Titan * 1865 Gourlay Bros & Co, Dundee
Tommy Dev * 1959 PK Harris, Appledore
Triton * 1883 Cox & Co, Falmouth
Triumph 1875 G Butchard, Gravesend
Trover 1920 Schichau F, Elbing
Tynesider * 1942 Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen
Tynesider * 1981 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Voltigeur (P) 1851 James Jackson, Middlesbrough
Waysider * 1919 Boele & Zonen, Slikkerveer
Wearmouth * 1929 Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Wearsider * 1980 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Westsider * 1964 Richard Dunston, Hessle
Whitburn * 1943 American Shipbuilding Co, Buffalo
Wonder * 1921 SA de Traveaux Dyle & Bacalan, Bordeaux
Yarm Cross * 1979 Richard Dunston, Hessle

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