by magoonigal » Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:35 am
Built by American Shipbuilding Co. Buffalo NY as yard Number 922 as DPC 99 for Defence Plant Corporation, USA in November 1943.
General Motors Engine of 700 BHP giving a speed of 14 knots.
1943; Transferred to United States Army and renamed ST 767.
04.1951; Purchased by France Fenwick Tyne & Wear, Co Ltd and renamed CORNHILL.
05.1977; Transferred for £18,000 to Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd and Chartered to Wear Tugs Ltd. April 1978.
07.1980; Sold for £25,000 to W G S Crouch & Sons Ltd., Greenhithe and renamed HANNAH SPEARING.
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.