Registration number 2260
Status Registered
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Previous names

  • Ex TID43
  • Ex Tidall

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Tug
Location Whitehaven
Vessel type TID
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Dunston, Richard, Thorne
Built in 1943
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
17.00 feet (5.19m)
Depth
6.50 feet (1.98m)
Length: Overall
74.00 feet (22.57m)
Tonnage: Gross
54.00

History

Built in 1943 by Richard Dunston Limited, this vessel is an Inshore Defence Tug (TID) of steel construction with a diesel engine by Blackstone of 260 hp which replaced her original coal fired compound steam engine of 220 hp . She was based at the Portsmouth Pool under Admiralty control until 1946, then moved to James Contracting & Dredging Co, Southampton until 1949 and renamed TIDALL She was bought by Foremost Contracting & Dredging Co, Southampton in 1953, then by Westminster Dredging Co. in 1975. She was subsequently sold to Kingsleydale Limited, Liverpool in 1986 and renamed SEAPORT ALPHA. She was bought by B Hampson , Fleetwood in 1987 and then purchased by the present owners in 2008. She represents one of the first designs of all welded pre-fabricated vessels built in Britain during World War II.

Under new ownership since 2021 and now moored in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Grants

  • November 2013:

    A sustainability grant of £1000 for remedial work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK

  • January 2012

    A Sustainability Grant of £1000 towards remedial costs was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK

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