CRETEHATCH

Date1920

Object NameTUG

MediumCONCRETE

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsLength 125' x Breadth 27' 6" x Depth 13' 4"
262 tons.

Object numberABDSHIP001806

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Aberdeen Concrete Shipbuilding Company.
Yard Number: 7.
Official Number: 143923
Subsequent Names: TYNE or TYNE II (1924); ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND YACHT CLUB (1935).

Fate: capsized at its moorings in Blyth during a gale, 26 October 1949, total loss.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw tug with hull made of concrete.

Owners:
1920: Shipping Controller, London
1921: Transferred to the Board of Trade.
1922: Owned by Crete Shipping Co. Ltd, London.
05/1924: Northumberland Sailing Club.
1939-45: Requisitioned by the Admiralty.

General History:
1917: Ordered as CT40 in but completed as CRETEHATCH.
07/1919: Launched.
01/1920: Completed.
05/1924: dismantled and converted to a club house for Northumberland Sailing Club, Blyth and renamed TYNE, or possibly TYNE II.
1939-45: Requisitioned and used as a ward room for Wrens at the local submarine base, Blyth.
26/10/1949: capsized.
1950: wreck dispersed by Blyth Harbour Commissioners.