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Registration number
3537
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- 1940 - 1940 Ruffian
- 1947 Metro
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Tug
Location
Newark-on-Trent
Vessel type
Thames Lighter
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Pollock, J Son & Co Ltd, Faversham
Built in
1940
Hull material
Iron
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
0.50 feet
(0.15m)
Depth
4.75 feet
(1.45m)
Air Draft
7.00 feet
(2.13m)
Length: Overall
42.00 feet
(12.80m)
Tonnage: Gross
20.00
History
RUFFIAN was built in for South Metropolitan Gas Board, by J Pollock & Son Ltd, Faversham. She was used in London for towing coal lighters. In 1949 she moved to the South Eastern Gas Board and sold in 1950's to W.E.White, where she was re-named GIMPY.
By 1990 she was known as RUFFIAN and bought by K.B.Mason Marine at Newark on Trent for work on the Trent. She was later sold to become a houseboat.
Purchased by current owner in 2022 for restoration at Newark.
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