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Name: OVERGARTH
Launched: 30/04/1907
Completed: 05/1907
Builder: Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Yard Number: 369
Dimensions: 97grt, 0nrt, 81.6 x 17.6 x 10.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (15 & 32 x 21ins), 60nhp
Engines By: Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124069
History:
1907 R & JH Rea Ltd
1936 AH Andersen, North Shields
1937 Ridley Steam Tugs Co Ltd
1937 P Foster & Co, Hull
1946 Foster Tow, Hull
1961 United Towing Co Ltd, Hull
1961 Broken up
Comments: 1961: Broken up by CW Dorkin & Co, Gateshead


OVERGARTH returns to the Tyne in 1961 for scrapping. Photo copyright Graeme Turner