TYNE TUGS AND TUG BUILDERS
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Above: Select the required Tug by using the initial letter of the Tug Name eg: Cullercoats, Eastsider or Theresa.

KEY Below: D / H / P --- D = basic dimensions shown; H = history given; P = photograph(s) included.

Tugs beginning with the initial letter W

Ship Name Year Builder D / H / P
W D S 1892 Schlesinger, Davis & Co, Wallsend D / H / P
W J Dawson 1894 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H
W S Wright 1913 Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H / P
Wakendam No 9 1877 Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields D / H
Walker 1857 Walker (unspecified builder) D / H
Walker 1864 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Walker 1865 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Wallace 1849 Johnathan Robson, Blackwall, Gateshead D / H
Wallace 1856 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Wallasey 1903 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Wallsend 1866 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Wallsend 1875 Lancelot Liddle, Willington Quay D / H
Walney 1904 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Wanderer 1843 W Cooper, North Shields D / H
Wanderer 1865 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Wanderer 1876 Softley Bros, North Shields D / H
Wanderer 1884 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Wansbeck 1835 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
War Eagle 1847 T Anderson, North Shields D / H
War Eagle 1857 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Wards 1852 Johnathan Robson, Newcastle D / H
Wards 1855 Johnathan Robson, Blackwall, Gateshead D / H
Wards 1857 Johnathan Robson, Blackwall, Gateshead D / H / P
Warrior 1862 JD Burdis, North Shields D / H
Warrior 1863 Marshall Brothers, Willington Quay D / H
Warrior 1866 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Warrior 1871 Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Warrior 1895 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Warrior 1903 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Washington 1868 DJ Stewart, North Shields D / H
Washington 1870 Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Wasp 1870 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Water Lily 1857 Hepple & Landells, North Shields D / H
Water Witch 1840 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Water Witch 1843 W Cooper, North Shields D / H
Waterman 1854 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Waterston 1848 T Anderson, North Shields D / H
Wato 1904 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Watt 1856 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Wave of Life 1860 Hepple & Landells, North Shields D / H
Wave of Life 1872 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H / P
Waysider 1919 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Wearmouth 1860 Hepple & Landells, Low Walker D / H / P
Wearmouth 1929 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Wearsider 1980 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Welcome 1847 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Wellington 1884 Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields D / H / P
Welshman 1896 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
West Dock 1849 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H / P
Westsider 1913 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Westsider 1964 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Wexford 1888 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Whimbrel II 1900 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Whitburn 1905 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Whitburn 1943 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Wiborg 1839 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Wilberforce 1846 A Bell, North Shields D / H
Wilberforce 1863 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Wilberforce 1865 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Wild Rose 1874 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H / P
William 1842 Gateshead (unspecified builder) D / H
William 1865 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H / P
William and John 1842 W Cooper & J Gardner, North Shields D / H
William and John 1855 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H / P
William and Mary 1843 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
William and Mary 1855 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
William Cargill 1851 John Elliott, St Lawrence, Newcastle D / H
William Charles 1852 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
William Dodds 1885 JR Maxwell, South Shields D / H
William Fallows 1889 Hepple & Co, North Shields D / H / P
William Fenwick 1871 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
William Findley 1884 Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields D / H / P
William Gray 1887 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
William Gray 1911 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
William Gunston 1837 Gateshead (unspecified builder) D / H
William Hall 1860 JD Burdis, North Shields D / H
William Jolliffe 1885 J Readhead & Co, South Shields D / H / P
William Jolliffe 1885 J Readhead & Co, South Shields D / H / P
William Lamey 1959 T Mitchison, Friar's Goose, Gateshead D / H / P
William Osten 1889 Hepple & Co, North Shields D / H
William Scott 1863 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
William Scott 1868 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Wm Stephenson 1895 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
William Wallace 1848 JR Curry, North Shields D / H
William Wouldhave 1884 Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields D / H / P
Willing Mind 1855 Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Willington 1856 T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay D / H
Wizard 1861 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Wonder 1848 George Brown, St Peter's D / H
Wonder 1854 TD Marshall, South Shields D / H / P
Wonder 1857 TD Marshall, South Shields D / H
Wonder 1867 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H / P
Wonder 1921 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Wonga 1875 JR Maxwell, South Shields D / H
Woonda 1915 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Wooree 1958 T Mitchison, Friar's Goose, Gateshead D / H / P
Wrangler 1874 J Jackson, South Shields D / H
Wyola 1912 JT Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H / P
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