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Scrapped · 1957

Loyal Briton

ex-Flying Swift · Torbay Scout · Heathercock · built in 1903 at Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd

Loyal Briton
Length
32.69 m
Beam
7.04 m
Power
700 hp
515 kW
Gross tonnage
182

Specifications

Yard
Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow
Yard number
153
Engine
Muir & Houston
Draught DRMX
2.77 m
Net tonnage NRT
3
Deadweight DWT
175 t
Source references expand_more

LN 284.107; S: H.2.98

History

  1. 1903 – 1910

    Flying Swift

    Clyde Shipping Co Ltd · United Kingdom

  2. 1910 – 1912

    Torbay Scout

    Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd · United Kingdom

  3. 1912 – 1913

    Torbay Scout

    Liverpool Screw Towing & Lighterage Ltd · United Kingdom

  4. 1913 – 03‑10‑1914

    Heathercock

    Liverpool Screw Towing & Lighterage Ltd · United Kingdom

  5. 03‑10‑1914 – 20‑02‑1918

    Heathercock

    War Office · United Kingdom

  6. 20‑02‑1918 – 17‑06‑1919

    Heathercock

    Admiralty · United Kingdom

  7. 17‑06‑1919 – 1948

    Heathercock

    Liverpool Steam Tug & Lighterage Co · United Kingdom

  8. 1948 – 1951

    Loyal Briton

    Edmund Handcock (1929) Ltd · United Kingdom

  9. 1951 – 1957

    Loyal Briton

    Bristol Channel Towage Co Ltd · United Kingdom

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