LILY WHITE

Registered: (GBR)ON 161360
38 GRT, 2 NRT, (54.6'x14.5'x6.2')
1 scr, diesel 4cyl Kromhout by "Perman & Co" at Bermondsey, 200bhp
re-engined 1953 diesel 6cyl Widdop, 300bhp
re-engined 1973 diesel Gardner from McCann's tug-barge BREVET
re-engined 1975 2x diesel Foden MR4

BALNA
1929: Built by "Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij" at Haarlem (NLD) (YN 233)
1929: delivered to "A.H. Green & Co Ltd" at London (GBR)
("A.H. Green & Co Ltd" was supposedly owned by "G.J. Palmer & Sons Ltd")
1942 -25/07: on Admiralty service (from 10/1942 at Gibraltar), mng "A.H. Green & Co Ltd" at London (GBR)
1942 -xx/10: transferred to the UK MOWT Ministry of War Transport for serviceon port duties, presumably in Scotland, mng "Ross & Marshall"
194x: mng "J. Hay & Sons" (GBR)
1942 -03/12: sold to the UK Admiralty (GBR)
1946 -01/10: To "W.E. White & Sons (Towage) Ltd" at London (GBR)
1953: re-engined diesel 6cyl Widdop, 300bhp, renamed LILY WHITE
1971-1973: chartered to "Thames Service (Marine) Ltd" at London (GBR)
1973: To "M. Tugs Ltd" (A.P. McCann) at London (GBR)
1973: re-engined with Gardner from McCann's tug-barge BREVET
1974/1975: Converted to a twin screw live-aboard at Stargate Marine, Hoo (GBR)
re-engined 2x diesel Foden MR4
renamed LILLY WHITE
2011: still present at Hoo Marina (GBR).