Tyne Tug Owner London North Eastern Railway South Shields

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Tug Owner: London & North-Eastern Railway Co, South Shields

The London & North-Eastern Railway Company (LNER) came into being on the 1st of January 1923 as a result of the Railways act 1921. The company was an amalgamation of the Great Eastern, Great Northern, Great Central, North Eastern, North British and the Great North of Scotland Railway Companies. Of special significance to the Tyne was the incorporation of the North Eastern Railway Co in the new company.

This included a presence at the ports of Tilbury, Harwich, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Grimsby, Immingham, Hull, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool, Middlebrough and the Tyne.

The LNER inherrited a large fleet of passenger ferries and operational craft such as dredgers, hoppers and tugs.

The following tugs operated on the Tyne:

Tug Name	Year	D / H / P
N E R No 1	1909	D / H / P
N E R No 5	1922	D / H / P
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The following tugs were built on the Tyne and operated by the LNER at other ports:

Tug Name	Year	D / H / P
Active	1875	D / H / P
Barton	1891	D / H / P
Blanche	1883	D / H / P
Central No 1	1910	D / H / P
Central No 2	1912	D / H / P
Clarence	1893	D / H / P
Greatham	1893	D / H / P
Hull	1898	D / H
N E R No 3	1915	D / H / P
N E R No 4	1916	D / H / P
Petrel	1897	D / H / P
Seaton	1899	D / H
Steel	1889	D / H / P
William Gray	1911	D / H / P
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