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1931: Built by "A. Hall and Co Ltd" at Aberdeen (GBR) (YN 633)
1931 -xx/03: delivered to "Elliott Steam Tug Co Ltd", mng J. Page at London (GBR)
(GBR flag, regd London, ON 162549, c/s MPZB)
1940 -xx/05-06: took part in the evacuation at Dunkerque
194x: on UK Admiralty war service, armed with Oerlikon canon on the flying bridge and 2 Lewis guns on the fore-bridge
194x: assisted in towing the Maunsel towers to the Thames Estuary and Mulberry parts in preparation of D-day
1944: neraly hit by a V1 bomb, severely damaged and repaired
194x: returned to "Elliott Steam Tug Co Ltd" at London (GBR), converted to oil firing
1965: To "William Watkins Ltd", mng "Ship Towage (London) Ltd" at London (GBR)
1968: To "London Tugs Ltd" at London (GBR)
1974: To "St. Katherine Haven Ltd", moored during 19 years in the dock close to the Tower Bridge
1993: for preservation to "The Dunkirk Little Ships Restoration Trust" at Warsash (GBR)
(with the help of "Sun Tugs" and the "Port of Tilbury" moved to Tilbury Docks, restoration commenced)
1994 -xx/12: boiler fired for the first time
1995 -19/01: first manoeuvring test on her own power in Tilbury Dock, berthed at "Husbands" wharf at Marchwood (GBR)
2009: still in existence
Seen in St Katharines Dock
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