Sheen | National Historic Ships

Registration number 3589

Status Archived

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Sheen - on the way home from Dunkirk with a few of the little ships from the Thames in tow

Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Tug

Location NONE

Vessel type Tug - River/Lighterage

Archive reason More information required

Current use Unknown

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Chambers, John & Co, Lowestoft

Built in 1925

Hull material Iron

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 (4.50m)

Depth

7.50 feet (2.29m)

Air Draft

11.50 feet (3.51m)

Length: Overall

64.00 feet (19.51m)

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.

Update, March 2023: Reported on Facebook that SHEEN may have sunk at her moorings.

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