CHALLENGE

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

Date1931

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 100 3/12' x breadth 26 7/12' x depth 13 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 212 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001519

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander hall & Co.
Yard Number: 633

Fate: still existant

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
1931: Elliott Steam Tug Co. Ltd, London

Worked on the River Thames and took part in the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk in 1940.

Challenge is listed on the National Register of Historic Vessels.

2009: Challenge was berthed at Shoreham near Brighton. She attended the 2005 Association of Dunkirk Little Ships cruise to Dunkirk to commemorate 65th anniversary of the evacuation in May 1940. She was also invited to attend The International Fleet Review by Her Majesty the Queen at Spithead that same year.

2006-12: underwent major maintenance on the tail shaft, boiler and engine. New boilers built and installed by Byworth Boilers of Keighly. Top deck and funnel replaced.

05/2013: sailed to new base at Southampton.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16½", 27" and 45" cylinders, 30" stroke. Boiler 16'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 200 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)

See also:
https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/13/challenge