EMPIRE CHERUB

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date1942

Object NameTUG

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 107 3/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 13 3/6'

Object numberABDSHIP002468

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 767
Subsequent Names: TYNESIDER (1946)

Fate: Scrapped at Blyth 1970.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Warrior class tug, single screw

Owners:
05/1942: Ministry of War Transport, Managed by J. Cooper, Belfast, registered at Aberdeen
07/1946: Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, registered at Newcastle, renamed TYNESIDER
01/1959: Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd
11/1968: Transferred to Blyth Tug Co. Ltd

General History:
05/10/1950:
Fireman aboard TYNESIDER collapsed when on duty and died. Vessel was one of three tugs towing whaling ship SOUTHEDRN HARVESTER from South Shield middle dock to Newcastle quay.
(Shields Daily News)

16/01/1954:
TYNESIDER one of five tugs which held on all night cargo ship EMPIRE ELY after she broke her mooring at Hebburn in gale.
(Shields Daily News)

15/02/1954:
Tynesider towed back collier MITCHAM after she broke down at the harbour entrance when leaving Tyne for London.
(Shields Daily News)

31/08/1954:
Tynesider crew fought hard to attach bow line and hold vessel launched from Hawthorn Leslie & Co.'s Hebburn yard. However ship swung quickly and hit a crane.
(Sunderland Daily News)

11/04/1957:
Escorted to port the Liberian registered ore carrier ANDROS VALLEY after she collided with collier MITCHAM off South Point near Whitburn. Tugs jockeyed for position on a heavy swell.
(Shields Daily News)

18/09/1958:
Went to aid of tanker CLYDE CRUSADER, inward bound to Tyne, which ran aground in dense fog by Tynemouth cliffs. Succedeed in refloating her on rising tide 2 hours later.
(Shields Daily News)