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Name: CRAGSIDER
Launched: 08/09/1976
Completed: 09/12/1976
Builder: Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd, Hessle
Yard Number: 906
Dimensions: 266grt, 0nrt, 32.72 x 9.66 x 4.15metres
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (380 x 457mm), 3180bhp
Engines By: Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Stockport
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 363069
History:
12/1976 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd; registered at Newcastle
12/1976 Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd
1986 Chartered to Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd
1995 Cory Towage Ltd, London
2000 Wijsmuller Towage, London
2000 Beirut Pilots, Beirut (H Baltagi); renamed BALTAGI XX
2022 Broken up
Comments: 04/08/2020: Probably damaged in a huge explosion of ammonium nitrate
2022: Broken up at Beirut


Above: Under construction at Hessle. Photo courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo courtesy of Robert Amess

Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe

Above photo copyright of Andrew Harding

Above photo copyright Dennis Maccoy

Above photo copyright of Paul Fazackerley

Above photo copyright of Patrick Hill

Above photo copyright of Webmaster

Above photo: CRAGSIDER leaves Tyne for the last time, as BALTAGI XX. Photo copyright of Kevin Blair

Above photo: CRAGSIDER leaves Tyne for the last time, as BALTAGI XX. Photo copyright of Kevin Blair

Above photo as BALTAGI XX copyright of Muhsen Hussein