A
total of 182 TID tugs were completed and launched during The Second
World War. True to tradition, there was no number 13 built. The
following information is the result of years of research. If you
can add any further details, please email
Martin Stevens
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TID
1 to TID 151 were built by Richard Dunston Ltd., Thorne.
TIDs 50, 51, 56, 57, 62, 63, 127, and 128 were assembled at Thorne but
completed at Hessle.
TIDs 9, 61, 65, 82, 84, 86, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, and 96 were assembled
at Thorne and completed by C.D.Holmes, of Hull.
TIDs 30 to 47 were assembled and completed at Hessle.
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| TID
1 |
Yard
No: T399 |
Launched:
26 Feb 1943 |
Completed:
17 Mar 1943 |
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Launched
by Pat Dunston, wife of the Chairman.
Engine
number 915 by John Dickinson of Sunderland. Boiler number 3715 by Alex
Anderson (Motherwell) Ltd.
19.3.1943: Handed over to Ministry of War Transport.
Naval work to 1945: (M.O.W.T.).
10.1946: Sold to Government of Finland. This vessel was delivered to
Finland as part of a convoy of eight TID tugs.
The sailing schedule was as follows:
9.10.1946: Sailed from River Mersey to Swansea.
29.10.1946: Arrived Dartmouth from Swansea, in convoy with TID Nos.
7, 25, 30, 35, 40, 41 and 74.
31.10.1946: Sailed from Southampton
6.11.1946: Arrived Rotterdam, via Dover.
19.11.1946: Sailed Delfzyl.
20.11.1946: Sailed Emden
22.11.1946: Passed through Kiel Canal, bound for Helsinki.
14.1.1947: to Metsäliitto Oy, to be repaired by Linnan Telakka
Oy, Turku.
2.5.1947: Metsäliitto Oy, Helsinki, renamed METSÄLIITTO 1.
12.8.1948: to Ab Kaukas Fabrik, Lauritsala, renamed TARMO.
1954: owners name styled Oy Kaukas Ab.
1967: fitted with 308HP 2x6cyl 4sa oil engine by Scania Vabis, Södertälje.
1968: to Tehdaspuu Oy, Lappeenranta.
1995: to Kymmene Oy, Lappeenranta.
1995: owners name styled UPM Kymmene Oyj, Lappeenranta.
1997: new national reg. No 11 860.
17.1.2001: to Perkaus Oy, Lappeenranta.
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| TID
2 |
Yard
No: T400 |
Launched:
6 Mar 1943 |
Completed:
3 Apr 1943 |
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4.1943
- 12.1945: (War Dept. - Army).Allocated to 21 Army Group. Towed to Boulgne
by Empire John
6.12.1945: (Admiralty). Arrived Sheerness Dockyard and transferred to
Superintendent Naval Stores Office for Fleet Fueling Service.
2.4.1946: Renamed C. 677.
11.1958: (E. Mellenger, Montreal, Canada).
1961: Irving Fir (J.D. Irving Ltd., St. Johnís, Canada) (vessel
converted to oil engine).
No further trace.
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| TID
3 |
Yard
No: T401 |
Launched:
16 Mar 1943 |
Completed:
20 Apr 1943 |
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Allocated
to Captain of Dockyard, Portsmouth
Naval work to 1945: (Reported to have carried the name Beacon (Admiralty)).
11.2.1952: Transferred to Royal Navy Armament Depot, Upnor.
20.10.1958: Returned to Captain of Dockyard, Portsmouth (Port Auxiliary
Service).
24.8.1973: (Controlled Thermic Lancing Ltd., Barking, Essex) and:
1973: Cut up
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here for more pictures of TID
3
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| TID
4 |
Yard
No: T402 |
Launched:
25 Mar 1943 |
Completed:
28 Apr 1943 |
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M.O.W.T.
Service. Naval work to 1948: (Admiralty). Captain of Dockyard, Portsmouth.
19.9.1958: (H.G. Pounds, Portsmouth).
1961: Irving Pine (J.D. Irving Ltd., Canada) (Vessel converted to oil
engine).
No further trace
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| TID
5 |
Yard
No: T403 |
Launched:
1 Apr 1943 |
Completed:
10 May 1943 |
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10.5.1943:
M.O.W.T. Commercial service.
13.4.1944: (War Dept. - Army)
1947: Transferred to Royal Navy Mine Depot, Milford Haven.
1948: (F.T. Everard & Sons Ltd.).
1949: Renamed E.A. Everard (converted to oil engine).
1965: Withdrawn from service, engine removed.
1971: Hull sold to L. Todd and scrapped Greenhithe, Kent.
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| TID
6 |
Yard
No: T404 |
Launched:
10 Apr 1943 |
Completed:
May 1943 |
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5.1943:
(War Dept. - Army).
7.1945: (M.O.W.T.).
12.1945: Sold (Government of France, Civil Port Admin, Le Havre). |
| TID
7 |
Yard
No: T405 |
Launched:
16 Apr 1943 |
Completed:
May 1943 |
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6.1943:
(Naval work).
10.1946: Sold to Government of Finland, (see TID 1).
1947, 14.1. to Yhtyneet Paperitehtaat Oy, Valkeakoski, dlv to Linnan
Telakka Oy, Turku for repairs.
1947, 12.5. sale was cancelled due to the high costs and difficulties
of the transport from Helsinki to Valkeakoski.
1947, 29.5. to Veitsiluoto Oy, Kemi.
1947, 30.8. sale was cancelled due to the draught of vessel (2.40 m).
1948, 19.10. contract with Linnan Telakka Oy, Turku, concerning repairs
and a new deck house.
1950, 5.5. to F. W. Hollming Oy, Rauma (585), 1956 renamed NORPPA by
owners.
1961, engines and boilers removed and an air compressor was fitted,
after that the vessel was used as a floating air pressure station at
the owner's shipyard at Rauma.
1984, to Kauko Korvala, Ii, motorized with an 500 HP 4sa oil engine
made by General Motors Corporation, and a new deck house was fitted,
with bridge and wheel house on top.
1985, entered service as KAKE, Ii (Oulu 4 -temporary register).
1991, to Ruoppaus ja Hinaus K. Korvala, Ii (Oulu 547), (reported built
1988 at Ii).
New engines, 294 kW, 2xVolvo 100A.
1993, 1.11, new national reg. No 10 304.
1998, 3.1, to Lasse Sandgren, Harjumaa. 1998 as KAKE (Es), owned by
Kake Korvala, Kunda.
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| TID
8 |
Yard
No: T406 |
Launched:
23 Apr 1943 |
Completed:
May 1943 |
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Naval work
to:
9.1943: (Naval work - Mediterranean).
8.1946: Transferred to Government of Italy (Sea Transport Service, Sicily).
Later renamed Gabbiano.
1951: Gurjan
1955: Capreno (O.Novella, Genoa).
No trace after 1963.
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| TID
9 |
Yard
No: T407 |
Launched:
4 May 1943 |
Completed:
26 Jun 1943 |
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Completed
by C.D.Holmes of Hull, including installation of engine and boiler.
28.6.1943: Delivered to Hessle.
Naval work (Mediterranean) to:
7.1946: Transferred to Government of Italy (Sea Transport Service, Sicily).
Transferred to Admiralty from M.O.W.T.
1948: Riccardi 2 (Italy).
1953: Fiume (Italy).
No further trace.
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| TID
10 |
Yard
No: T408 |
Launched:
10 May 1943 |
Completed:
28 Jun 1943 |
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Naval work
(Mediterranean) to:
6.1947: Renamed W. 91 (Civil Engineers, Malta).
1948: Transferred to Civil Engineers, Malta, for towing hopper barges.
2.4.1956: for disposal.
1960: (Bailey Shipyard, Malta).
No further trace. |
| TID
11 |
Yard
No: T409 |
Launched:
17 May 1943 |
Completed:
15 Jul 1943 |
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7.1943:
(War Dept. - Army).
9.1943: Naval work (Gibraltar)
9.1962: Replaced by Tanac 83 from Malta.
16.4.1963: Sold to Captain W.J. Havens, c/o Australia House, London.
18.6.1963: Left Gibraltar towed by TID 56.
8.1963: Sabo (S. Bezzini & Son, Malta) (towed to Malta by TID 56)
(converted to oil engine).
1974: Scrapped. |
| TID
12 |
Yard
No: T410 |
Launched:
28 May 1943 |
Completed:
July 1943 |
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1943 the tugs TID 12 and TID 14 went aground at Tarlair Point, Macduff,
Banffshire, after breaking adrift in heavy weather from the tugs Empire
Larch and Onward when the towing bridle broke on delivery voyage from
Hull to the Clyde, via Inverness. Attempts to reconnect the tow failed
and both drifting tugs stranded. Held between rocks they were pounded
by the weather, but then flooded by salvors to hold them in position.
TID 12 lost her stern gear, TID 14 fractured her sternpost. Refloated
three days later, they were towed to Macduff and were then 'in reserve'
until December 1943 while under repair. In the same month they were transferred
to the War Dept-Army and twelve months later TID 14 was in naval service
for port duties and by April 1945 was being managed by the Dutch Government.
During 1948 the vessel was reported as sold to them, and at the same time
TID 12 was reported sold to Belgian buyers. |
| TID
14 |
Yard
No: T414 |
Launched:
2 Jun 1943 |
Completed:
July 1943 |
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see TID 12, above). |
| TID
15 |
Yard
No: T415 |
Launched:
10 Jun 1943 |
Completed:
Aug 1943 |
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Naval work
to: 9.1944: (U.S. Army).
3.1945: (M.O.W.T.).
10.1945: (Chartered to Milford Haven Docks Co.).
2.1946: Naval work to:
1949: BP 2 (B. Perry & Sons, Bristol).
1958: Renamed Salisbury.
1964: (Converted to oil engine).
1980: (Laxey Towing Co., Isle of Man).
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15
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| TID
16 |
Yard
No: T416 |
Launched:
19 Jun 1943 |
Completed:
Aug 1943 |
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Naval
work to:
1946: Bonita (Liverpool Lighterage Co.).
3.1957: (Offered for sale), and:
1963: Scrapped Liverpool.
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| TID
17 |
Yard
No: T417 |
Launched:
26 Jun 1943 |
Completed:
Aug 1943 |
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12.1943:
Naval work (West Africa) to:
8.1946: Sold (Sierra Leone Coaling Co.).
No further trace. |
| TID
18 |
Yard
No: T418 |
Launched:
20 July 1943 |
Completed:
Sept 1943 |
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9.143:
(War Dept. - Army).
1948: Reported sold to Belgium
No further trace. |
| TID
19 |
Yard
No: T419 |
Launched:
31 Jul 1943 |
Completed:
Sept 1943 |
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9.1943:
(War Dept. - Army).
7.1945: (Laid up).
1.1946: (Chartered to Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd.).
6.1946: (Laid up).
1947, 27.3. to Finnish Government, Helsinki (1 006), renamed B 12.
1950, 5.5. to F. W. Hollming Oy (Rauma), Helsinki.
1955, deleted from register "as scrap" according to her owners,
never used as a steam tug.
1958, home port Rauma.
1960, 11.4. builders certificate from F. W. Hollming Oy that their tug
K 9 had been rebuilt 1959 60 and had been renamed KUUTTI. Fitted with
an 8 cyl 4sa oil engine of 370 HP made by Motoren Werke Mannheim AG,
Mannheim.
1975, owner's name styled Hollming Oy.
1983, 29.12. to Oy Eskoship Ab (Esko Saarinen), Helsinki (1 706), renamed
TAPIO.
1988, 22.12. to Mäntyluodon Metalli Oy, Pori (522).
1992, owners went bankrupt, vessel sold.
1992, 27.5. to Mäntyluoto Tug Service Oy, Pori.
1993, 1.11. new national reg. No 10 979.
1996, owners went bankrupt.
1996, 2.12, to Marko Ervonmaa, Rauma, renamed MINOS.
2001 still in service.
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| TID
20 |
Yard
No: T420 |
Launched:
19 Jul 1943 |
Completed:
Sept 1943 |
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9.1943:
(M.O.W.T.).
2.1944: (U.S. Army).
12.1944: Naval work to:
3.1945: (M.O.W.T.).
12.1945: Sold to Government of France.
1948: Transferred to French Indo-China. No further Trace
Blockship
Number 5, Sword Beach, June 1944, Hermanville Sur Mer
TID
20 at work near the COURBET for the shipbreaker Mario Serra, sociéty
La Sirène. 1946/1948
(Photos
sent in by David Patrick, France)
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