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BRENT

TID-class (numbered from 1 to 183, no nr 13) (T.I.D.=Tug,Inshore and Dock)
Registered: LR50-51:53823 /LR56-57:54308 /LR60-61:54824
(GBR)ON 181130
54 GRT, 14 NRT, L21,87m(19,82), B5,49m, Dr1,836m, Dp2,44m
(74.0'(65.0')x17.0'x7.4' or 71'9"(65'0")x18'0"(17'0")x6'0.1/4"(8'0"))
welded steel, 1 scr, C2cyl by "John Dickinson & Son Ltd" at Sunderland, (first 90 coal fired, next oil fired), 37nhp-220ihp, sp 8,5 kn

TID 159
1945: Built by "William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd" at Sunderland (GBR) (YN 286)
1945: delivered to the UK MOWT Ministry of War Transport (GBR)
(GBR flag, regd London, ON 181130, c/s GCML)
1946 -12/04 to 09/1946: laid up (mng "Townsend Bros (Ferries) Ltd")
1946: To "PLA - Port of London Authority" at London (GBR)
1948: renamed BRENT
1969: for breaking up to "Stour Salvage Co" at Mistley, Essex (GBR)
1971: To "R. & J. Hall" at Maldon, Essex (GBR) for preservation
19xx: spotted in very poor condition in the mud of the Maldon, Essex (GBR), River Blackwater banks
2002: spotted dry docked inside barge at Maldon (GBR)
2004: spotted berthed at Maldon (GBR) in operational condition
2006: still in existence

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