Maritime record TR 46 NW 65 - Guardsman

Summary

ADMIRALTY HIRED TUG, 1940

Location

Grid reference TR 4355 6986 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR46NW
District THANET, KENT

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Full Description

A steam tug, originally owned by Messrs. T Gray and Co. Ltd., registered at Hull, hired by the Admiralty as a dockyard tug between December 1915 and 1919. Hired again on August 19 1939 as an Admiralty tug, struck a mine and sank off the North Foreland. Year Built: 1905 Builder: Ailsa SB Co Ltd. Propulsion: Screw, 2 cylinder compound Engine HP: 60 Boilers: 1 Owner: Royal Navy Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR.1915-16 No.910(G); SRN.Vol.2 p157; BVLS.1939-45 p9; MOD(N).Hyd.Wk.No.012306320


<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Sep 29 1994 12:00AM