Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Tug
Location
Chatham
Vessel type
Tug - River/Lighterage
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Thames & General Towage, Brentford
Built in
1966
Hull material
Steel
Number of decks
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Depth
5.00 feet
(1.52m)
Breadth: Beam
11.00 feet
(3.35m)
Length: Overall
42.00 feet
(12.80m)
History
FEARNOUGHT was built in 1966 for J.P.Knights as a Tosher Tug. for use as a stores barge tug servicing the tankers berthed at the Isle of Grain refinery. She then moved to the Thames and worked for Allan Jubb Towage moving cargo barges in the docks. She then saw service with Bennett Towage before returning to the Medway. She was transferred to the S.E. Tug Society in 2003.
Key dates
- jjkghjk
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