Recently completed; Scratch built on fibreglass hull;
Built 1919 by Philip and Son, Dartmouth. YN499. Steel Screw Tug. L86.2'. B21'. D10.4'. 148grt. 450ihp 2cyl 15"x32" 24" stroke compound steam engine by builder. Acquired 1928. Disposed 1935. Official No. 145733. Call sign MPDN.
1919 Completed for War Office [Inland Water Transport Dept] as HS79. 1921 Sold to Crichton, Thompson & Company Ltd., London. 10-1923 Sold to William Guy, Cardiff, renamed Welsh Rose. 6-1928 Acquired by William Watkins Ltd., London, renamed Rumania. 14-5-1935 Sold to Nash Dredging Ltd., London for £4500. 27-5-1935 Towed from Ramsgate to Dover to be re-boilered. Converted to oil fired boiler. 29-5-1935 Towed back to Ramsgate by tug Simla. 1940 Sold to Government of Trinidad and Tobago, renamed St. David. 1954 Scrapped.
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