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Name: PLUTO
Launched: 11/11/1948
Completed: 12/1948
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay
Yard Number: 112
Dimensions: 72grt, 74.9 x 14.0 x 7.0ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, type 5VPHM, 5cyl (5.375 x 8.0ins), 100bhp
Engines by: Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number:
History:
1948 Burmah Oil Co (Pipe Lines) Ltd, Rangoon
19xx Renamed ZINYAW
No later history known
Comments: For use as a towing launch
1949: Delivery delayed due to political uncertainty
Renamed ZINYAW at some stage
06/1955: Still laid up on the Tyne
08/1955: Expected to depart