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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Tug
Location
Rochester
Vessel type
Steam Tug
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Chambers, John & Co, Lowestoft
Built in
1925
Hull material
Iron
Rig
Unknown
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
14.75
feet
(4.50
m)
Depth
7.50
feet
(2.29
m)
Air Draft
11.50
feet
(3.51
m)
Length: Overall
64.00
feet
(19.51
m)
Tonnage: Gross
48.00
History
SHEEN was built by John Chambers & Co. of Lowestoft in 1925. Originally a steam tug, she was converted to diesel in 1962.
She was owned and run by Tough Bros and was one of two tugs that gathered up small boats off the Thames for the Dunkirk evacuations during the Second World War. SHEEN also went over to the beaches and was filmed returning the little ships after the evacuation.
Still in working order, SHEEN is under private ownership with the aim of being restored to her former glory.
Sources
Vessel Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sheenthamestug/
Key dates
-
1925
Vessel built by John Chambers & Co. in Lowestoft
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