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Name: JOSEPH CONSTANTINE
Launched: 23/12/1912
Completed: 03/1913
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 282
Dimensions: 153grt, 67nrt, 100.0 x 22.1 x 10.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (20 & 42 x 27ins), 90rhp, 700ihp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128826
History:
12/03/1913 Tees Conservancy Commissioners; registered at Middlesbrough
24/05/1934 Tees Towing Co Ltd (Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers); renamed CHARING CROSS
1949 Managers became William Crosthwaite & Son
22/08/1957 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd; registered at Newcastle; renamed WESTSIDER
22/08/1957 Managers became JF Batey
01/1959 Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd
01/1960 Broken up
Comments: 05/1917 to 02/1919: Hired by the Admiralty
24/05/1934: Cost £1,500
08/1957: Cost £6,500
01/1960: Sold to BISCO. Cost £1,375
Allocated to JJ King & Co Ltd, Gateshead


Above photo as CHARING CROSS is copyright of W Haig Parry

Above photo as WESTSIDER is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo as WESTSIDER is courtesy of Alfred Turner