Built 1905 by Cochrane and Sons, Selby.YN353. Steel Screw Tug. L94'. B19.6'. D10.9'. 128grt 500ihp 3cylTE 13"x21"x34"x24" stroke 160psi steam engine by G T Grey and Co., South Shields. Acquired 1905. Disposed 1965. Scrapped 1965. Official No. 120611. Call sign MCGX.
17-8-1905 Launched.
10-1905 Delivered to William Watkins Jr & John S. Watkins, London.
10-4-1907 Aground Barnard Sands whilst on passage Dover to Hull. Kessingland lifeboat stood by, but tug refloated on next tide.
1914:Transferred to John S. & Alfred Watkins. 21-7-1915 Req by RN renamed HMS Carcass. Based at Ramsgate.
1917 Owners restyled William Watkins Ltd.
14-5-1919 Returned to Watkins renamed Java. 12-9-1939 Working at Brest.
15-9-1939 Working at Lorient.
16-9-1939 Req by Admiralty and to 30-10-1939 Working at St. Nazaire. Returned to Devonport.
1940 Downs patrol vessel.
29-5-1940 Under Master W Jones towed drifter and motorboats to Dunkirk.
30-5-1940 Used own lifeboat to ferry troops from beaches.
30-5-1940 08.55 Landed 120 Dunkirk evacuees at Ramsgate.
2-6-1940 Destroyer Whitshed collided with the tug in Dover Harbour at 1435hrs.
6-1940 Based at Milford Haven.
1941 Based Belfast. 1-8-1945 Departed Belfast.
1-8-1945 to 1-1946 Based at Harwich attending troopships.
20-3-1946 Returned to Watkins.
1-2-1950 Ship Towage [London] Ltd., appointed managers.
7-1965 Sold to Canvey Island shipbreakers and stripped.
10-1965 Hull sold to Metaalhandel En Sloopwerken, H P Heuvelman NV Krimpen A/D Ijssel, Holland.
3-1966 Hull resold again to Belgian breakers at Brugge for demolition.
