the Agnes/Katra/Naja.
450 HP Lister Blackstone fitted with an MS 100 napia blower driving a 7ft prop through a 3-1 reduction gearbox,
2x 4cyl freedom range lister aux engines driving 220 volt DC generators, the Stbd one had the main air compressor and G S Pump she also had a belt driven comp from the M E flywheel
She was purchased from the Admiralty by J P Knight London Ltd and re named Katra.
I was engineer on her when we purchased her fully fueled and stored from Portland Navy base, we went down on the wednesday to see if we could get her under way and could have bought her home straight away she was in such good condition,the only thing i had to do was to repack the gearbox output shaft gland (they supplied the packing). When we left portland we ran round to Otterham creek in the Medway and the towed an offshore barge one of I T Ls I think loaded with plant etc round to Folkstone and handed it over to The Tug ARDNIEL I remember the mate of her asking where we had come from and he could not believe we had towed this ruddy great barge round the coast, I always found her to be a great little tug with a good pulling power and a lot of heart. ( I always thought she pulled better than the KENT>) :'( :'( :'(