HAM

Registered: (GBR)ON 148726
44 GRT, 0 NRT, L18,75m, B4,50m, D1,83m (58.1'x14.8'x6.5')
1 scr, C2cyl (1921) by "H.K. Smits Machinefabriek" at Kinderdijk, 180ihp, sp 9kn
re-engined 1961 diesel 8cyl Bergius, Glasgow, 243bhp-179kW, sp 7kn

HAM
1925: Built by "NV T. van Duijvendijk" at Lekkerkerk (NLD) (YN 3)
1925: delivered to Robert Neal Tough at Teddington (GBR)
1926 -xx/02: (GBR flag, regd London, ON 148726)
1931: To "Tough & Henderson Ltd" (Robert Tough) at London (GBR)
1961: re-engined diesel, 240hp-179kW
1966: To "Clements Tough Ltd" at London (GBR)
1969: taken over by "John Dickinson & Co Ltd" (DRG - Dickinson Robinson Group) at London (GBR)
1978: To "Thames & General Lighterage Co Ltd" at London (GBR)
1979: To Stephen L. Clarke at Queenborough (GBR)
197x: To W.F. Mayhew, at Queenborough (GBR)
1981 -27/11: sank off Southend-on-Sea (GBR), raised and repaired
1982: To "J.T. Palmer & Sons" at Gravesend (GBR), renamed NIPAWAY
1988: To Stan Clifford (GBR)
2004: broken up (23/02/2004 spotted laid up at Denton's Wharf)

Running down river light, Tough & Henderson's Ham pictured in the snow at Molesey lock in the mid-sixties. Skipper was Mick Fullick.

Photo: Alan Jux