Name: ULYSSES
Launched:
Completed: 1874
Builder: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 103
Dimensions: 115grt, 16nrt, 100.6 x 18.0 x 9.4ft
Engines: SL2cyl, 70nhp, 450ihp
Engines By: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70605
History:
1874 Thomas Banks, Charles Brownfield & 6 other Gravesend pilots, London
1885 Joseph Lawson, South Shields
1895 Lawson Steam Tug-boat Co
1920 Lawson-Batey Tugs
1937 Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston on Tyne
Comments: Hired by Admiralty 1917

     Above: ULYSSES leads PEAR BRANCH (built Palmers 1921, 4786grt) up the river

     Above photographs courtesy of Kevin Blair

     
     
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