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TID 41 Yard No: T441 Launched: 3 Sep 1943 Completed: Oct 1943
Still in Existence
10.1943: (M.O.W.T.).
14.4.1945: Hull, engine and boiler damaged when lock gates of Cambrian Dry Dock, Swansea, carried away during a high tide. Repaired. (See also TID 40).
1946, 27.9. to Finnish Government, Helsinki (986), renamed B 7.
1947, 14.1. & 17.4. (bos) to Wahl & Co, Helsinki.
1947, 2.5. (dlv) renamed JOHN BULL.
1961, 1.7. owners amalgamated with Rauma Repola Oy, tug was renamed REPOLA 4. Homeport Savonlinna.
1969, motorized with an 500 HP oil engine made by Mercedes Benz.
1974, fall, laid up awaiting sale or recommission.
1983, 18.10. to Kuljetusliike J. Kärkkäinen Ky, Nurmes (Joensuu 76), renamed ARSKA.
1986, 1.11. change of owner's name to Pielisen Hinaus Ky.
1989, 28.2. to Tauno Asikainen, Pekka Laamanen, Vesa Vaahtoluoto & Jarmo Kuurne, for a company under construction.
1989, 21.12, company was founded as Itä Suomen Hinaus Oy, Savonlinna (1 193).
1993, 1.11, new national reg. No 10 971.
2002 still in existence. (See also TID 1).
TID 42 Yard No: T442 Launched: 14 Sep 1943 Completed: Oct 1943
10.1943: (M.O.W.T.).
9.1944: Naval work to:
12.1946: Sold to Government of France, for service at Boulogne.
(See note under TID 91).
TID 43 Yard No: T443 Launched: 17 Sep 1943 Completed: 9 Nov 1943

Allocated to Portsmouth Pool operating in the Portsmouth, Southampton and Shoreham areas.
2.10.1946: To Messrs. Townsend Brothers for disposal.
1949: Tideall (James Contracting & Dredging Co. Ltd.).
1953: (New (oil) engine) (Foremost Contracting & Dredging Co. Ltd., Southampton).
1975: (Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd.). Later sold, and:
1986: Vessel under arrest, sold by Admiralty Marshal, Troon, to Kinglseydale Ltd., Liverpool. Renamed Seaport Alpha.
1987: (Reported based at Penrhyn, N. Wales and operating in Anglesey area).
22.01.2002 Still exists. See http://www.tugtalk.co.uk (pay site)

TID 43

 

TID 44 Yard No: T444 Launched: 29 Sep 1943 Completed: 18 Nov 1943

Allocated to Portsmouth Pool. Naval work to:
3.12.1944: Sank in Portsmouth Harbour while assisting an LST at the Hards
16.3.1945: Refloated; repaired, reallocated to Portsmouth Pool.
27.8.1946: To Messrs. Townsend Brothers as agents for Director of Sea Transport for disposal.
1947: Kiero (Hull Steam Trawlers Mutual Insurance & Protection Association, Hull).
1964: Scrapped Newhaven.

 

TID 45 Yard No: T445 Launched: 30 Sep 1943 Completed: 30 Nov 1943
M.O.W.T. naval service, Portsmouth.
8.10.1945: Paid off.
10.10.1945: To Director of Sea Transport.
12.1952: War Dept. - Army - Marchwood. No further trace.
TID 46 Yard No: T446 Launched: 30 Oct 1943 Completed: 4 Dec 1943

Allocated to Portsmouth Pool. Naval work to:
16.3.1945: (Corporation of Trinity House).
8.1947: Transferred to Captain in Charge, Plymouth for mooring duties with Boom Defence Officer.
6.12.1957: Transferred to Captain in Charge, Portland.
9.1.1959: (H.G. Pounds, Portsmouth). Later reported scrapped.

TID 46

 

TID 47 Yard No: T447 Launched: 29 Sep 1943 Completed: Dec 1943

Naval work to: 1944: (Admiralty).
1947: Ashford 47 (Lloyds Albert Yard & Motorboat Packet Co.). (Risdon Beazley Ltd., Southampton)).
1953: Fenman (United Towing Co. Ltd.).
10.3.1954: Capsized and sank outside Alexandra Dock, Hull, in fog and when taking towrope from Swedish Steamer Rudolf during docking operations.
3.4.1954: Salved and docked; repaired.
1963: Scrapped Hendrik Ido Ambacht.

 

TID 48 Yard No: T448 Launched: 6 Oct 1943 Completed: Dec 1943
12.1943: (War Dept. - Army).
1947: Sold to Holland.
No further trace.
TID 49 Yard No: T449 Launched: 12 Oct 1943 Completed: Dec 1943

12.1943: (War Dept. - Army).
1947, 27.3. to Finnish Government, Helsinki (1 010), renamed B 14.
1948, 12.1. (bos) to Helsingin Satamalaitos, Helsinki.
1948, 29.4. to Helsingin kaupunki, Helsinki, renamed H.3, dlv 14.5.1948.
1957, deleted from register as below 19 NRT.
1967, motorized with an 6 cyl 4sa oil engine made by Klöckner Humboldt Deutz AG, Köln Deutz (SBS 6M 716), engine fitted by Valmet Oy, Vantaan Traktorikeskus, Vantaa.
1967, 8.8. trials with the new engine.
1975, dec. to Mikko Sävikari, Helsinki, the oil engine was removed before delivery and stored for owner's own use. The tug was never in service for Sävikari, laid up at Ruoholahti, Helsinki and Kivenlahti, Espoo.
1976, 26.12. passed Emäsalo Emsalö pilot station, in tow, bound eastward.
1977, 11.4. to Heimo Kalevi Kuha & Rainer Rufus Henriksson, Kotka.
1977, 1.10. to Kotkan Meripalvelu Oy (Kuha & Henriksson), Kotka (601).
1978, 20.3. renamed KESSU. An 300 HP oil engine, Baikal diesel, was fitted.
1985, 12.11. to Pauli Ruhanen (Vantaa).
1985, 14.11. to Pentti Lautiainen Ky (Pentti ja Kaarina Lautiainen, Taipalsaari).
1988, 1.7. to Seppo ja Liisa Puumalainen, Eno (Joensuu 79), renamed LIISA.
1993, 1.11, new national reg no 10 980.
2002 still in existence as a private pleasure vessel. (See TID 19).

TID 49

 

TID 50 Yard No: T450 Launched: 18 Oct 1943 Completed: 31 Dec 1943
Portsmouth Command and service at Portland.
5.3.1946: Transferred to Captain of Dockyard, Portsmouth.
1958: (Reported for disposal).
1960: For sale at Portsmouth.
1968: (H.G. Pounds, Portsmouth) for scrap. Later scrapped.
TID 50

 

TID 51 Yard No: T451 Launched: 25 Oct 1943 Completed: 5 Jan 1944
29.2.1944: Capsized and sank in North Sea while in tow (voyage: Harwich/Hull).
TID 52 Yard No: T461 Launched: 9 Nov 1943 Completed: 5 Jan 1944

Portsmouth Command
16.3.1945: Portsmouth Pool.
23.8.1947: Transferred to Captain of Dockyard, Chatham, for basin duties.(Mate in charge, Tom Beswick).
1948: (Admiralty).
19..: MNS 52 (M.N.S. Fishing Ltd., Newhaven).
9.9.1963: Sold to Messrs. Lacmots Ltd., Sheerness Harbour Estate, Sheerness, Kent.
1965: (New (oil) engine). No further trace.

TID 52

 

TID 53 Yard No: T462 Launched: 16 Nov 1943 Completed: Jan 1944

1.1944: (War Dept. - Army).
1946: W.D. Teal (Converted to oil engine) (Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd.).
14.8.1950: Stranded on sandbank in River Dee; submerged. (See also TID 84.).
11.9.1950: Refloated, towed to Mostyn, then Bromborough Dock. Repaired, renamed Teal.
1965 (circa): Shipped to New Zealand for use in Gisborne Harbour building project.
Later reported sold to Far East buyers.

TID 53

 

TID 54 Yard No: T463 Launched: 23 Nov 1943 Completed: 22 Jan 1944

M.O.W.T. naval service at Portsmouth.
Naval work to: 29.6.1945: Laid up and then chartered to Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd.
1948: Biddick (River Wear Commissioners, Sunderland) with Pallion.
June 1973: Sold for preservation (Martin Stevens, Medway Maritime Museum).
22.6.to 28.6.1973 Steamed from Sunderland to Gun Wharf Chatham to join SteamTug Cervia.
1974: Sold to Eden & Alistair Kenneil, Scotland, for further preservation.
1975: Sold to Thomas Ward, Grays, Essex, scrap metal merchants.
1976 (circa): Sold to Richard Hilton for further preservation, laid up in River Thames.
1987: Lying off Greenwich, London, derelict and tidal. Scrapped.
The last coal fired TID.

TID 54

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TID 55 Yard No: T464 Launched: 27 Nov 1943 Completed: Jan 1944
1.1944: (War Dept. - Army).
1948: Sold to Belgian buyers.
No further trace.
TID 56 Yard No: T465 Launched: 6 Dec 1943 Completed: 2 Mar 1944
3.1944: (U.S. Army).
10.11.1944: Admiralty - Portsmouth Command.
15.12.1944: Reallocated to the Captain in Charge, Nore's Special Pool.
13.1.1945: To Director of Sea Transport at Portsmouth.
7.12.1945: Arrived Gibraltar and allocated to Superintendent Naval Stores Officer, renamed C688.
6.1947: Reverted to name TID 56.
30.4.1953: For disposal. Sold to S. Bezzina & Sons, Malta.
1963: Renamed Sabe (converted to oil engine) (Bezzina & Sons, Malta). No further trace.
TID 57 Yard No: T466 Launched: 10 dec 1943 Completed: 29 Feb 1944 (Hessle)
2.1944: (U.S. Army).
1.11.1944: Laid up.
15.12.1944: Admiralty - allocated to Captain in Charge Nore's Special Pool.
1.1945: To Director of Sea Transport
29.1.1945: Sailed for Rosyth - allocated to Captain of Dockyard.
16.9.1958 Sold to MacLellan Ltd. for scrap.
9.1958: Scrapped Bo'ness.
TID 58 Yard No: T467 Launched: 17 Dec 1943 Completed: 7 Feb 1944

1948: Sold to Government of France. Later renamed Var (based at Port du Bouc).
No trace after 1955.

 

TID 59 Yard No: T468 Launched: 23 Dec 1943 Completed: 7 Feb 1944
Still in Existence

2.1944: War Dept. - 21 Army Group.
10.11.1944: At Boulogne.
5.2.1945: Captain in charge Nore's Pool at Calais.
29.6.1945: To Director of Sea Transport
6.10.1945: Naval service at Portland.
13.12.1945: Naval service at Falmouth.
7.9.1946: To Messrs Tamlyn & Co. Ltd., Plymouth for care and maintenance.
1947: Sunnyside (P. Carney & Sons, Sunderland) (vessel converted to oil engine).
1960: (Fenchurch Shipping Co., London).
1962: (Metal Recoveries Ltd., Newhaven).
1965: Trover (Britannia Steam Towing Co. Ltd., Swansea).
Later resold, renamed Lady of Menai (private owner). Menai Straits, Wales.
08.06.2002 Trover Still exists. See http://www.tugtalk.co.uk (pay site)

TID 59

 

TID 60 Yard No: T469 Launched: 2 Jan 1944 Completed: 14 Feb 1944
2.1944: (War Dept. - Army).
12.1945: (Government of France).
1947: (Civil Port Administration, Boulogne).
Later renamed Boanamary (based at Majunga, Madagascar).
No trace after 1955.