MARSDEN

(sisterships: ASHBROOKE, PRESTWICK, ALNWICK, BAMBURGH, MARSDEN)
Registered: IMO 5226453 /(GBR)ON 186859
122 GRT, L28,45m(25,61), B7,70m, D2,699m(3,20) (93'4"x25'3"x8'10.1/4")
1 scr, diesel 2tew 12cyl (1944) GM Cleveland, 1086bhp-806kW, bp 14t

MARSDEN
1956: Built by "P.K. Harris & Sons Ltd" at Appledore (GBR) (YN 60)
1956: delivered to "France Fenwick, Tyne & Wear Co Ltd" at Newcastle (GBR)
(GBR flag, regd Newcastle, ON 186859, c/s MXRM)
1959: chartered to "Tyne Tugs Ltd" at Newcastle (GBR)
1970 -xx/05: charter ended
1977 -xx/05: To "Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd" at Newcastle-upon-Tyne (GBR) (for £45,000)



1978 -xx/04: chartered to "Wear Tugs Ltd", mng "Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd"
1986 -xx/04: chartered to "Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd"
1987 -xx/12: To "Medway Port Services" at Strood and "Corveda Marine Ltd" at Stanmore (GBR), mng John Spencer (for £20,000)
1989 -xx/03: owners now "Medway Port Services" at Strood (GBR) alone
1993: To "GPS Plant Ltd" (General Port Services) at Rochester (GBR)
2002: sold for live-aboard and engine removed - at Hoo, Kent (GBR)
2009: Still at Hoo Marina, repainted blue (for sale £150,000!)

20/2/10

(C)Ben