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Name: ALNWICK
Launched: 01/09/1955
Completed: 01/10/1955
Builder: PK Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore
Yard Number: 58
Dimensions: 119grt, 0nrt, 93.3 x 25.3 x 8.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, V12cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1080bhp
Engines by: General Motors Corp, Cleveland, Ohio
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186847
History:
25/10/1955 France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle
01/1959 Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
05/1977 Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
06/1981 Eurosalve PR Ltd (Paul Rowlands), Folkestone
1982 Chartered to AE White, London
08/1983 Sidney Lionel Dean, Pontardawe
09/1983 WGS Crouch & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe
05/1986 Estuary Tugs Ltd, Sark, Channel Islands
1987 Lavington International Ltd, Gibraltar
03/1987 Managed by Murray Tugs Ltd, Queenborough; renamed NORE CREST
2007 Broken up
Comments: Engine manufactured in 1941 and refitted in 1955
05/1977: Cost £40,000
05/1981: Sank at moorings in Sunderland
06/1981: Salvaged by Eurosalve PR Ltd (Paul Rowlands), Folkestone
1983: Ran aground on the Goodwin Sands on route to Dungeness


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Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner

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Above photo is copyright of Dennis Maccoy

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Above: When owned by WGS Crouch & Sons. Photo is copyright of Danny Lynch

Above: On charter to AE White. Photo is copyright of John Jones

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Above photo as NORE CREST just prior to breaking up is courtesy of Photoship