When a tug is actually towing at night it has to display two white lights, one above the other.
Does anyone know when this light arrangement was first required? The reason I ask is because I have a model of the tug Mayflower, the prototype being built in 1861 and the model has the two lights but I would be surprised if it had those lights when originally built hence my question. The real tug has the lights but the suspension wires are tensioned by turnbuckles to deck eyes. I’m sure that’s the original arrangement but I suspect not the original turnbuckles, which are probably no more than 10” long and quite slim. I’d imagine something maybe from the late 19th, early 20th century might have had bigger and chunkier cast iron turnbuckles but I’m only guessing but it would be useful to know when they were originally required to get some idea of how they might have looked.
Many thanks
Simon
