CROFT

Tug/Tender
Registered: LR25-26:17499 /LR35-36:07247 /LR43-44:06465 /LR50-51:56614 /LR56-57:57176 /LR60-61:57880
(GBR)ON 133226
149 GRT, 67 NRT, (95.5'x22.1'x10.2' or 103'0"x22'1"x12'0")
steel, 2 scr, 2x C2cyl by shipbuilder, 80nhp-620ihp

CROFT
1913: Built by "Hepple & Co Ltd" at S-Shields (GBR) (YN 629)
1913 -xx/09: delivered to "Blyth Harbour Commissioners" at Blyth (GBR) (cost °£8,500.)
(GBR flag, regd Blyth, ON 133226)
1914 -27/11: on UK Admiralty service as a port examination vessel
1917 -17/05: returned to owners
1917 -10/07: hired by the UK War Office for service at Barrow
1918 -04/12: returned to owners
1939: To "Leith Salvage & Towage Co Ltd" at Leith (GBR)
(GBR flag, regd Leith, ON 133226)
1953: To "Leith Dock Commissioners" at Leith (GBR) ("Leith Salvage & Towage Co Ltd" wound up)
1960 -31/10: arrived at the Nieuwe Waterweg (NLD) in tow of the tug 'Headman' for breaking up