Directory of TID Tugs 161 - 183

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TID 161 Yard No: 288 Launched: 9 Aug 1945 Completed: Oct 1945
1945: (Government of France).
1947: Corbeau (S.A. Ossude, Le Havre).
1957: (Soc. Dumez, Le Havre).
No trace after 1966.
TID 162 Yard No: 289 Launched: 28 Aug 1945 Completed: Oct 1945
1945: (Government of France).
1947: Cygne (S.A. Ossude, Le Havre).
1957: (Soc. Dumez, Le Havre).
No trace after 1966.
TID 163 Yard No: 290 Launched: 8 Sep 1945 Completed: Oct 1945
Naval work to:
1946: Hecuba (Ocean SS Co. Ltd., Liverpool).
1949: Provence (Worms & Co., France). No further trace.
TID 164 Yard No: 291 Launched: Aug 1945 Completed: 28 Nov 1945
Still in Existence

Official no. 181115
Naval service at Port Edgar (attached to shore establishment H.M.S. Lochinvar the minesweeper base near the Forth Bridge on the Firth of Forth, Scotland), to:
1947: Chartered to Port of London Authority.
1948: General duties at Royal Naval Base, Rosyth.
12.12.1962: In reserve at Rosyth.
5.5.1967: Brought forward under Captain of Dockyard, Rosyth. The last TID tug in Admiralty service.
10.6.1974: Sold to Martin Stevens, Medway Maritime Museum, Kent.
1975: Renamed Hercules (ITL International Towing Ltd., operated on behalf of Medway Maritime Museum).
1978: Reverted to original name and number.
11.1999: Listed by the National Historic Ships Committee on their Designated List.
2004: Still owned by Martin Stevens, Medway Maritime Museum.
2007: Moored at Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.

TID 164 at the Forth Bridge

 
TID 165 Yard No: 292 Launched: Sep 1945 Completed: 18 Dec 1945
Naval work to:
1948: (Admiralty).
1950: At Rosyth attached to HMS Safeguard towing mooring lighters etc.
1961: In reserve - replaced by Diver.
28.3.1962: Brought forward to supply steam to C 609.
5.12.1969: Sold to Thomas Ward and scrapped Inverkeithing.
TID 166 Yard No: 293 Launched: Sep 1945 Completed: Dec 1945
1946: Christine (Ned. Maats. Havenwerken N.V., Amsterdam).
1965: Name removed from ship registers.
No further trace.
TID 167 Yard No: 294 Launched: 1945 Completed: Jan 1946

1946: Deanbrook (Port of London Authority).
1969: Scrapped River Medway, Kent.

TID 167

 
TID 168 Yard No: T629 Launched: 1946 Completed: June 1946

TID 168 and TID 169 were built by Richard Dunstan Ltd.,Thorne, Assembled and completed at Hessle.
1946: (Chartered to Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd.).
1947: Lea (Port of London Authority).
1969: Scrapped River Medway, Kent.

TID 168

 
TID 169 Yard No: T630 Launched: 6 May 1946 Completed: July 1946
Still in Existence
1946: (Chartered to Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd.).
1947: (Chartered to Port of London Authority).
1947: Sold to Finland. The above vessel was delivered to Finland as part of a three-ship TID-tug convoy, in company with TID 175 and TID 176, as follows:
25.4.1947: Sailed from Great Yarmouth.
26.4.1947: Arrived Rotterdam.
7.5.1947: Sailed Delfzyl.
1948, 17.1. (bos), 27.1. (dlv) to Ab Kaukas Fabrik, Lauritsala (Lappeenranta 926).
1949, renamed ROTEVA by owners.
1954, abt, owners name styled Oy Kaukas Ab.
1956, 26.7. had fire in engine room near Härmänniemi 20 km SE of Varkaus, when towing log rafts from Varkaus to Savonlinna. Fire was extinguished by her crew before the fire brigade from Varkaus had arrived on another tug. Extinguishing was also sent by an airplane from Savonlinna. The fire caused only little damage.
1969, Nov. to Tehdaspuu Oy, Lappeenranta.
1970, new deckhouse fitted and an 4 cyl 2sa oil engine of 458 kW made 1970 by Alpha Diesel A/S, Frederikshavn, was fitted.
1995, to Kymmene Oy, Lappeenranta.
1995, to UPM Kymmene Oyj, Lappeenranta.
1997, 1.11. new national reg. No 11 862.
2001, 17.1. to Perkaus Oy, Lappeenranta.
2002 still in existence.

 

TID 170 to TID 176 were built by Henry Scarr Ltd., Hessle, Hull.
TID 170 Yard No: S478 Launched: 1945 Completed: Nov 1945
1946: (Chartered to Port of London Authority).
1947: (British registry closed): no further trace; reported sold to overseas buyers.
TID 171 Yard No: S479 Launched: 20 Nov 1945 Completed: Feb 1946
1946: (Chartered to Port of London Authority).
1947: (British registry closed): no further trace; reported sold to overseas buyers.
TID 172 Yard No: S480 Launched: Nov 1945 Completed: 13 Feb 1946
Still in Existence

13.2.1946: Renamed Martello. Served with Nore Command under N.O.I.C. Lowestoft.
11.7.1946: Reverted to TID 172 with civilian crew.
20.10.1946: Allocated to Civil Engineer in Chief, Chatham, Kent, as W. 92.
Transferred to P.A.S. Chatham as TID 172.
1967: Used as a relief tug.
Between 1967 & 1973: Leased to the Dutch Navy for approximately 2 years.
9.7.1973: Sold to T.W. Ward, Shipbreakers, Grays, Essex.
3.8.1973: Sold for preservation to Barry Pearce, Maldon, Essex. Refitted with parts from Chrianie, TID 107.
1978: Sold to Albert Groom, Ipswich.
1980: Present preservation group became involved.
23.1.1988: Sold to the present preservation group.
2004: Moored at Mistley, Essex.

TID 172

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TID 173 Yard No: S481 Launched: 21 Jan 1946 Completed: Mar 1946
1946: (Chartered to Port of London Authority).
7.1946: (Government of France).
1948: Abeille No. 1 ('Les Abeilles' Rem. Et Sauv., France).
1959: Renamed Abeille No. 29.
1961: Biot (Enterprise Rene Levaux, Le Havre).
1964: Name removed from ship registers. No further trace.
TID 174 Yard No: S482 Launched: Oct 1945 Completed: Feb 1946
Still in Existence

1946: (Government of France).
1948: Abeille No. 13 (ëLes Abeillesí Rem. Et Sauv., France).
1958: (New (oil) engine).
1963: Baie Comeau (sirespa Building Co. Ltd.).
1966: Bonchurch (Red Funnel Tugs Ltd., Southampton).
1983: (H.G. Pounds, Portsmouth).
Later reported sold to a private buyer at Torquay: to be used in search for a sunken treasure ship off the Devon coast.
23.01.2002: Still exists. See www.tugtalk.co.uk (Paysite)

TID 174

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TID 175 Yard No: S483 Launched: Nov 1945 Completed: Feb 1946
Still in Existence
1946: (Chartered to Port of London Authority).
1947, 14.2. to Finnish Government, Helsinki (1 008), renamed B 10.
1948, 17.1. (bos), 27.1. (dlv) to Oulu Oy, Oulu (463), renamed OULU 13.
1970, 25.11. deleted from register, sold.
1971, to Laivanisännistöyhtiö Mattila & Co (Aarre Ilvesviita), Helsinki (1 441), renamed BRUNO. Mainly laid up at Pohjoissatama, Helsinki.
1974 & 1979 at Ruoholahti, Helsinki, under reconstruction into an exhibition vessel for navigational equipment, however, the project was never realised.
1982, spring, at anchor at Kivenlahti, Espoo.
1982, Apr. ar in tow at Porvoo, laid up, for sale.
1984, 18.7. left in tow of Coast Guard vessel RV 125 for Förby, Särkisalo, where she became an accommodation vessel for workers trying to restore the wreck Koivisto )1946 Rauma).
1992, spring, laid up as a floating café at Uusikaupunki, ar there week 21, still as Bruno.
1993, spring, at Turku as a floating café.
2002 still in existence. (See TID 169).
TID 176 Yard No: S484 Launched: Nov 1945 Completed: Feb 1946
1947, 14.2. to Finnish Government, Helsinki (1 007), renamed B 11.
1948, 17.1. (bos), 27.1. (dlv) to Oulu Oy, Oulu (464), renamed OULU 14.
1971, to Laivanisännistöyhtiö Mattila & Co (Aarre Ilvesviita), Helsinki (1 440), renamed ASSERI. Mainly laid up at Pohjoissatama, Helsinki. Later as a wreck at Reposaari, owners unknown, probably removed by authorities.
1980, 2.8. reported by Meripalvelu Eino Ilmari Kuusimäki, Uusikaupunki, "scrapped in 1975."
1980, 23.9. deleted from register. (See TID 169).

 

TID 177 to TID 183 were built by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd., Sunderland
TID 177 Yard No: 296 Launched: 1945 Completed: May 1946
1946: Marlis (Ned. Maats. Havenwerken N.V., Amsterdam). No further trace.
TID 178 Yard No: 297 Launched: 17 Jan 1946 Completed: Aug 1946

1946: Bogen (Sand & Singel A/S, Norway).
1953: (New oil engine).
1979: Name deleted from ship registers. No further trace.

TID 178

 
TID 179 Yard No: 298 Launched: 17 Jan 1946 Completed: Aug 1946
1946: Tocia (Ned. Maats. Havenwerken N.V., Amsterdam) (vessel registered at Curacao and used in Netherlands West Indies).
1965: Name removed from ship registers.
No further trace.
TID 180 Yard No: 299 Launched: 1946 Completed: Nov 1946

1946: Cement 7 (A/S Christiana Cementfabrik, Norway).
1958: Kranfjord (Risor Traemasse-fabrik, Norway).
1964: (Kaarbos M/V A/S, Norway).
No trace after 1968.

TID 180

 
TID 181 Yard No: 300 Launched: 1946 Completed: Aug 1946

1946: (Goteborgs Bogserings & Bargnings, Sweden).
No further trace.

TID 181

 
TID 182 Yard No: 301 Launched: 1946 Completed: Nov 1946

1947: Lackenby (Tees Conservancy Commissioners).
Used to have races with paddle tug John H Amos, and always lost.
No trace after 1965.

TID 182

 
TID 183 Yard No: 302 Launched: 29 May 1946 Completed: 21 Nov 1946
1947: Snorre Sel (L. Lorentzen, Norway).
1950: (A. Collett, Norway).
19..: (Bodo Skibsverft, Norway).
1.1967: Scrapped Norway.

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