INCHCOLM

Shipbuildervessel built by John Lewis & Sons (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)

Date9 February 1967

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 83'0" x breadth 24'0" x depth 10'6"
Gross Tonnage: 143 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002699

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 351
Official number / I.M.O.: 309539 / 6708604
Subsequent Name: ST. MARGARET (1998)

Fate: Still in service as of November 2021.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Tug, 1 deck, twin screw.

Owners:
1967: Leith Dock comissioners
1973: Owners now titled Forth Ports Authority, Leith.
By 1987: Owners now Forth Estuary Towage Ltd.
1998: Sold to Rosyth Marine Services Ltd and renamed ST. MARGARET.

General History:
For Firth of Forth service. Limiting Line Kirkcaldy to Portobello.

INCHCOLM was one of two tugs built by John Lewis & Sons in 1967 for Leith Dock Commissioners, the other tug was named GUNNET. They were installed with two Ruston type 6APCM diesel engines, fitted to two propeller units consisting of 6 vertical blades in each unit, fixed under the keel. They didn't have a rudder and used the propeller for steering which they could turn 360° on the same spot. These units were called Voith-Schneider propellers.

04/01/2016:
The water tractor tug INCHCOLM built for Leith Dock Commission launched by Aberdeen’s John Lewis shipyard in Torry in February 1967. The water tractor tug was the first of its kind to be built in a Scottish yard and it was destined for towing in the port of Leith and in the Firth of Forth.
(Above was under a picture of the tug with the caption "Ship Ahoy")
(Evening Express)

Notes:
Engine details: Motor by screw. Ruston and Hornsby Ltd., Lincoln.
Type 6APCM – Mark II, 4 stroke, single acting, 6-cylinder, 8” x 10¾”, 1200 b.h.p.
2 engines, each driving a 6-bladed Voith-Schneider unit.
John Lewis Engine Installation No. 421
Sister to GUNNET, Yard No. 352. Bollard pull 13 tons.

See also:
History (CS): -
http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.phpyear_built=&builder=&ref=54679&vessel=INCHCOLM
Pictures: - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:198838/ships
https://www.vesselfinder.com/ship-photos/507158