Registration number 1202
Status Archived
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Previous names

  • 1959 - 1985 Lord Ritchie
  • 1985 - 2008 Jim Higgs
  • 2008 - 2012 Green London
  • 2012 - 2013 Jim Higgs

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Tug
Location NONE
Vessel type Tug - River/Lighterage
Archive reason Disposed
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Pollock, J Son & Co Ltd, Faversham
Built in 1959
Hull material Other metal
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
22.18 feet (6.76m)
Depth
9.99 feet (3.05m)
Length: Overall
84.36 feet (25.73m)
Tonnage: Gross
109.00

History

GREEN LONDON is a motorised tug, built by J Pollock, Sons & Co Ltd of Faversham in 1959. Her yard number was 2116 and she was known as LORD RITCHIE until 1985, then later JIM HIGGS. Her offical number was 301006 and her engine was made by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow. She has two generators producing 27KW each and her fuel bunkers hold 20 tonnes of diesel oil. Her maximum speed is 11.5 knots.

This vesasel was disposed of in 2013

Key dates

  • 1959

    Built by 'James Pollock, Sons & Co' at Faversham (YN 2116)

  • 1960

    Delivered to 'PLA - Port of London Authority' at London (GBR flag, ON 301006, c/s MDMK9)

  • 1977

    To 'Pounds Marine Shipping Ltd' at London

  • 1985

    To 'Cleanaway Ltd' at London, renamed JIM HIGGS

  • 2005

    To Alan Bennett & Son Ltd at Rochester (GBR)

  • 2008

    Sold to Green Barge Company as GREEN LONDON

  • 2010

    Laid up in Tilbury Dock

  • 2012

    To Mark.R - repainted in S.Walsh livery renamed JIM HIGGS

  • 2012

    Sold to owner in Rochford - engine and prop removed

  • 2013

    Broken up at Rochford

Sources

Lloyds Register of Ships 1997-8, Lloyd's of London, pp442, Volume A-G, 1998   

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