Lawson-Batey Tug "Cragsider"

Lawson-Batey Tug "Cragsider"

Image Details

Title Lawson-Batey Tug "Cragsider"
Reference Number STH0000961
Photographer Bardwell Keith
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1990
Original Format Colour photograph
Period The 1990s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Lawson-Batey tug "Cragsider" alongside Middle Dock. The tug was built in 1976 and sold to Beirut Pilots in 2000. It was renamed Baltagi XX. The tug was seriously damaged in the Nitrates explosion in Beruit in August 2020.