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Name: ULYSSES
Launched: 1874
Completed: 08/1874
Builder: J Readhead & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 103
Dimensions: 118grt, 16nrt, 100.6 x 18.0 x 9.4ft
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl (26.5 x 48ins), 70nhp, 450ihp
Engines By: J Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70605
History:
17/08/1874 Thomas Banks, Charles Brownfield & 6 other Gravesend pilots; registered at London
1885 Joseph Lawson, South Shields
03/1895 Lawson Steam Tug-boat Co; registered at South Shields
06/1920 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, South Shields
06/1937 Broken up
Comments: 05/1917: Hired by The Admiralty
07/1917: Returned to owners
1937: Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston on Tyne. Cost £445


Above: ULYSSES leads PEAR BRANCH (built Palmers 1921, 4786grt) up the river. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of John Bage