1965 NIPAROUND as seen below
1987 DEFIANT
BECKTON II
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BECKTON II
by northeast » Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:35 am
Thames tug 1957, y.n.937
1965 NIPAROUND as seen below
1987 DEFIANT
1965 NIPAROUND as seen below
1987 DEFIANT
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Re: BECKTON II
by magoonigal » Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:04 pm
With a name like Beckton she had to be an ex-Gas Board Tug.
BECKTON II
Built 1957 by Richard Dunston Ltd., Thorne. L61.4'. B15.3'. D8.4'. 43grt. 202bhp diesel engine. Kort nozzle.
1957 Delivered to North Thames Gas Board., London.
1965 Sold to J.T. Palmer & Sons., Gravesend, renamed Niparound.
197? Sold to J. Dinwoodie & Sons, Granton.
1985 Rebuilt, renamed Defiant. Reengined 270bhp 6cyl Lister-Blackstone diesel. Regd Granton. ON387816
19?? Sold to Briggs, Burntisland
2002 Derelict on beach at Voe, Shetland Islands.
(C)Dave Jessop
http://riverthames.sosugary.com/display ... m=2&pos=47
Good site for Thames Tugs.
BECKTON II
Built 1957 by Richard Dunston Ltd., Thorne. L61.4'. B15.3'. D8.4'. 43grt. 202bhp diesel engine. Kort nozzle.
1957 Delivered to North Thames Gas Board., London.
1965 Sold to J.T. Palmer & Sons., Gravesend, renamed Niparound.
197? Sold to J. Dinwoodie & Sons, Granton.
1985 Rebuilt, renamed Defiant. Reengined 270bhp 6cyl Lister-Blackstone diesel. Regd Granton. ON387816
19?? Sold to Briggs, Burntisland
2002 Derelict on beach at Voe, Shetland Islands.
(C)Dave Jessop
http://riverthames.sosugary.com/display ... m=2&pos=47
Good site for Thames Tugs.
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