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[Tom@Crewe]

Does anyone have referance to Tugs wearing camoufage patterns

[Shipmate60]

As far as I know all admiralty tugs were painted overall grey.
They had no need for camouflage as they would hardly ever enter a war zone.

Bob

[Tom@Crewe]

Im not so sure about the tugs operating in war zones, they were used in ports and areas where the war came to them, tugs were sunk in enemy actions and sent to aid ships attacked. they were also armed which would of not been necessary if they were not called to defend themselves.

I do have one picture of a tug armed and in camouflage and was hoping for more to come to light.

I was thinking of building a tug and with my intrest in Naval camouflage wanted to combine the two. But the picture is of a French tug taken over by the Royal Navy and I have no details of her size, type or where built. Although she is similar hull type to the HS Class Tug (Kingstone Mouldings)

[farrow]

Alway Captain of Dockyard tugs, ie alway tugs ownede and operated by the RN in HM Dockyards were black hull and buff upperworks, with a 6inch wide azure blue band around funnel and along gunwhales for harbour duty tugs with the larger seagoing ones having a 12 inch band. The RNAD tugs were all grey with a Red band on the gunwhale and funnel. Most of the other government depts were grey and those in the civy world kept there company colours.

[farrow]

Sorry everyone, would appear I had spliced the main brace or gone brain dead looking at my last message. I have collected a large selection of government owned tugs from the last war and since. I have not found any with camouflage systems. The in port tugs were painted as todays RMAS tugs, but with different funnel and gunwale colour bands. The RNAD tugs and coasters which regularly worked out of port were overall grey with no distinguish markings unlike the CD tugs.
Those in naval service such as inspection vessels or with RN crews were overall grey.
Two good sights for photos for free are cyberheratige/naval photos and photoships/old ship gallery.

[White Ensign]

German tugs in wartime service always had no camouflage, except the usual "Grey overall"....
A tug in regular service of any warservice is the exception. Their armament had been more reliable for AA-duties. For all Auxillary services they had the trawlers, called "Kriegs-Fischkutter" or shortly KFK.

Hope this was out of any help.

Jörg