| Name: | REMORQUEUR NO 5 |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1921 |
| Builder: | SA de Traveaux Dyle & Bacalan, Bordeaux |
| Yard Number: | 632 |
| Dimensions: | 169grt, 3nrt, 100.3 x 23.0 x 10.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (10.5, 17 & 28 x 15ins), 62nhp, 620ihp |
| Engines by: | Les Héritiers de G Cochot, Paris |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 161577 |
| History: | |
| 1921 | Government of France, Ministry of Public Works |
| 19xx | SA de Travaux Dyle & Bacalan, Bordeaux; renamed BACALAN |
| 27/02/1935 | Ridley Steam Tug Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle; renamed WONDER |
| 03/1955 | Company restyled Ridley Tugs Ltd |
| 04/1958 | Seaham Harbour Dock Co, Seaham |
| 11/1964 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 02/1935: Cost £2,350 |
| 04/1958: Cost £5,500 | |
| 11/1964: Sold for breaking up by Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston | |
| There is circumstantial evidence to suggest that she was renamed BACALAN in 1921 | |
| See photo of the ship's bell below |
Above photo is courtesy of Mark Overton
Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo is courtesy of Barney Hunt
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo of WONDER at Seaham Harbour is courtesy of Eddie Frost
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Above photo of WONDER's bell is copyright of Robert Derricott