| Name: | NORTHSIDER |
| Launched: | 01/03/1967 |
| Completed: | 25/04/1967 |
| Builder: | Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd, Hessle |
| Yard Number: | s848 |
| Dimensions: | 156grt, 99.7 x 26.3 x 9.5ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SA, type RBV8M545, 8cyl (320 x 450mm), 1420bhp |
| Engines By: | Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz, Cologne |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 305447 |
| History: | |
| 04/1967 | Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd; registered at Newcastle |
| 04/1967 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
| 04/1986 | Chartered to Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1995 | Beirut Pilots (H Baltagi), Beirut; renamed BALTAGI VI |
| No later information known | |
| Comments: | 04/1967: Cost £106,500 |
| 10/03/1974: Stranded on the Black Middens rocks at the mouth of the Tyne, while assisting OREGIS as she had engine failure whilst leaving the river. | |
| Both subsequently refloated |
Above: NORTHSIDER and OREGIS aground at Tynemouth. Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above photo copyright of Harold Appleyard
Above photo copyright of Ken Lubi
Above photo copyright of Kevin Blair
Above photo copyright of Michael Green
Above photo copyright of Michael Higgins
Above photo copyright of Graeme Turner
Above photo as BALTAGI VI, dated 10/07/1995, is copyright of Michael Green