| Name: | MAXIMUS |
| Launched: | 17/10/1955 |
| Completed: | 04/04/1956 |
| Builder: | Mutzelfeldtwerft Gmbh, Cuxhaven |
| Yard Number: | 144 |
| Dimensions: | 141grt, 97.2 x 23.4 x 10.5ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (320 x 450mm), 825bhp |
| Engines By: | Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz, Cologne |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 186853 |
| History: | |
| 04/1956 | Ridley Tugs Ltd; registered at Newcastle |
| 01/1959 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd |
| 05/1971 | Blyth Tug Co Ltd |
| 03/1978 | Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd |
| 01/1984 | M Tugs Ltd (MS McCann, manager), Lowestoft |
| 03/1985 | Satim Towage Ltd, Ipswich |
| 08/1987 | Paul Magnus Group, Ipswich |
| 2003 | Unknown owner, Ireland |
| 2011 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 04/1956: Cost £55,348 |
| 05/1971: Cost £37,500 | |
| 03/1978: Cost £22,500 | |
| 01/1984: Cost £25,000 | |
| 1984: Planned name change to A P MCCANN did not happen | |
| 2009: Laid up at Lowestoft | |
| 2011: Broken up at Lowestoft |
Above photo courtesy of Barney Hunt
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above photo copyright of Simon Elsdon
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
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Above photo courtesy of Martin Botting
Above photo at Hamble 1984 copyright of Cliff Ollerhead
Above photo at Ipswich, dated 18/01/1991, is copyright of Derek Sands
Above photo at Lowestoft copyright of Darren Gennings
Above photo at Lowestoft, dated 09/03/2004, is copyright of Graham Hewitt
Above photo at Lowestoft courtesy of George Robinson