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SUNSHINE

ON112637. Callsign SMNC later MFFQ.
YN391. L80.3'. B19'. D9.9'. 103grt.
450ihp 63nhp 2cyl 17"x35"x24"s compound steam engine by builder.

SUNSHINE
1899: Built by "J. G. Fay Ltd" at Southampton (GBR)
1899: Delivered to "W. H. J. Alexander" at London.
1907: Towed LCC paddle pleasure steamer Chaucer to Cubitt Town buoys after it had collided with Cannon Street railway bridge
1919: Towed Italian SS Mauritania clear after it had fouled Hays Barge Roads, Rotherhithe
1924: Towed SS Laouna to Millwall Dock after it had collided with anchored SS Steersman in Bugsbys Reach
7-5-1931 0200: Assisted fire brigade to extinguish fire aboard pleasure steamer Golden Eagle at Deptford Buoys
1944: Assisted towing Phoenix unit ex Greenland Dock to Gravesend.
1956: Assisted refloating of T & J Brocklebank's SS Manipur, aground off East Greenwich power station in fog
1960: Scrapped by "T. W. Ward Ltd" at Grays Essex

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