Tug 'Conquerer'

Tug 'Conquerer'

Image Details

Title Tug 'Conquerer'
Reference Number STH0001978
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date
Original Format Black and white photograph
Period 1940s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information The tug 'Conquerer' with T.I.C. 'Dredger' and 'Satellite'. The Tug
'Conquerer' was built in 1884 with an iron clad hull.  She was
originally used for Thames Towing and excursion work, then spent some
years under the French flag before starting a long period of service
on the North East Coast. When scrapped in 1956 she was the last of the
Tyne Paddle tugs with two funnels abreast.

Previous name: Conquerant; owners France Fenwick

Builders: Hepple and Company, North Shields, 1884