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Name: NORA
Launched: 09/09/1889
Completed: 11/1889
Builder: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Yard Number: 429
Dimensions: 99grt, 2nrt, 91.2 x 20.1 x 9.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (13, 20.5 & 34 x 22ins), 98nhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 95184
History:
15/11/1889 William Lee, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
1903 R & W Lee, Cardiff
1908 Finch Steam Tug Co Ltd, Cardiff
1910 Tyne Tug Co Ltd, South Shields
1916 Robinson Tug Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
1919 William T Hardy, Liverpool
1923 West Coast Towage & Salvage Co Ltd; registered at Liverpool
1924 John Davies, Cardiff
1932 J Davies, Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, Cardiff
04/1953 Broken up
Comments: 04/1953: Broken up by J Cashmore at Newport, Monmouthshire
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above: ARCHIBALD HOOD (L) and NORA (R). Photo is courtesy of Paul Andow

Above photo is courtesy of the Hansen Shipping Collection