MINCING LANE

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1925

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 78' x breadth 19 7/12' x depth 10 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 90 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001482

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 596.
Official Number: 148664
Subsequent Names: SILVERLANE (1938); PURSUER (1966); BANKSIDE (1967); PURSUERS (1978)

Fate: Scrapped by Mayer, Newman, Erith, 1978.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
08/1925: Delivered to Tilbury Contracting & Dredging Co., Ltd, London.
1938: Silvertown Services Ltd.
31/12/1939: On Royal Naval service with Thames Balloon Barrage.
12/11/1940: To Royal Navy examination service.
1966: Sold to Flower and Everett Ltd.
1969: Transferred to Land Reclamation Services Ltd., London.
1970: G. Bullas, Gravesend.
1978: A. B. King, Gravesend.
(source: www.lighteragetugs.co.uk)

General History:
07/02/1946 to 23/05/1946: laid up.
20/01/1948: Rescued bargeman Dick Virgo from river off Jenningtree Point when barge he was on was sunk following collision with a collier.
1953 Rebuilt and re-engined with 480bhp Crossley diesel engine.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 12", 20" and 34" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 12'0" diameter, 10'6" length, 185 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)