CRESTED COCK

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

Date1935

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 96 3/12' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 177 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001540

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 654
Official Number: 164441

Fate: unknown, last mention in Lloyd's Register 1970-71.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug.

Owner:
1935: Gamecock Steam Towing Co. Ltd (Manager T. H. Morle then L. H. G.Walford), registered at London.
1949: Owner renamed Ocean Salvage & Towage Co. Ltd.
1955: Owner renamed Gamecock Tugs Ltd.
1967: Change of owners to William Watkins Ltd. Ship Towage (London) Ltd.
1970: Change of owners to London Tugs Ltd.

General History:
24/09/1948:
London tug CRESTED COCK assisted in towing wrecked Spanish steamer RIO DE CORME after she had been lifted from the bottom at the eastern arm of Dover harbour. She was towed to a position off Prince of Wales pier. But grounded there in shallow water.
(Dover Express)

07/05/1951:
Tug CRESTED COCK assisted collier COLSTAR up the Thames to Erith after she had been in collision with dredger in Gravesend Roads.
(Shields Daily News)

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 42" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 16'6" diameter, 11'6" length, 200 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)