GUNNET

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

Date28 March 1967

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 83'0" x breadth 24'0" x depth 10'6"
gross tonnage: 143 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002700

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 352
Subsequent Names: ANGLIAN MAN (1990); INGLEBY CROSS (1995)

Fate: unknown

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

Owners:
1967: Leith Dock comissioners
1972: Owners now titled Forth Ports Authority, Leith.
1987: Owners now Forth Estuary Towage Ltd.
By 1993: Change of owners to Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd., named ANGLIAN MAN.
1995: Cory Shipping Hull.
2005: Sunwood Shipping Ltd.

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

GUNNET. was one of two tugs built by John Lewis & Sons in 1967 for Leith Dock Commissioners, the other tug was named INCHCOLM. 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.
Trial trip 26 April, vessel sailed for Leith 1 May 1967.

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.
Engine number 422