Yard number 291 Fate Scrapped Length 32 m | Out of service December 1962 Launched 24 October 1912 Draft 2.87 m | |
Name 1912-1927 PS Pen Cw
1927-1933 PS Ingleby Cross
1933-1962 PS Elie Operator 1912-1927 Great Western Railway
1927-1933 Tees Towing Company, Middlesbrough
1927-1962 Grangemouth and Forth Towing Company Builder Eltringham and Company, South Shields | ||
PS Pen Cw was a tug built for the Great Western Railway in 1912.
History
PS Pen Cw was built by Eltringham and Company in South Shields and launched on 24 October 1912. She was used as a tug for tender operations at Fishguard Harbour.
On 1 July 1927 she was sold to the Tees Towing Company in Middlesbrough for £1,750 (equivalent to £94,200 in 2015) and renamed Ingleby Cross. On 29 November 1933 she was sold to the Grangemouth and Forth Towing Company and renamed Elie. From November 1939 to February 1942 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and used in Rosyth Dockyard.
In December 1962 she was sent to White and Co at St Davids on Forth for scrapping.
References
PS Pen Cw (1912) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA