Tyne tug Lady Duncannon Cardiff Rose 1914

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Name:	LADY DUNCANNON
Launched:	07/09/1914
Completed:	10/1914
Builder:	JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number:	291
Dimensions:	181grt, 63nrt, 95.1 x 24.0 x 11.1ft
Engines:	2 x C2cyl (15 & 30 x 21ins), 95nhp, 650iph
Engines by:	JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion:	2 x Screws
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	114910

History:
22/10/1914	Dover Harbour Board; registered at Dover
1958	WJ Guy & Sons Ltd, Cardiff; renamed CARDIFF ROSE
1961	Broken up

Comments:	22/10/1914: Sailed from South Shields to Dover
	26/10/1914: Arrived at Dover, having been held up by German submarine activity
	02/1918 to 10/1919: Hired for Admiralty service at Dover
	12/1939 to 06/1946: Hired by Admiralty for naval examination & then salvage service
	30/03/1961: Holed by propeller of tanker whilst assisting it out of drydock at Cardiff
	Beached in a sinking condition close to the Mountstuart Drydock and Pierhead pontoons
	07/04/1961: Temporary hull repair failed and tug filled with water
	1961: Broken up by Haulbowline Industries, Passage West, Cork