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DHB Lady Duncannon – Past and Present

Cardiff Rose

Ex Lady Duncannon

© A Duncan, Roy Thornton Collection

© A Duncan, Roy Thornton Collection

Steel twin screw steam tug, built in 1914 by J P Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields (Yard No 291), for the Dover Harbour Board

Technical Data

  • Length: 95.1 ft
  • Breadth of hull: 24.0 ft
  • Depth: 11.1 ft
  • Tonnage: 181 gross/68 net/175 deadweight
  • Engines: 2 x 2-cylinder JP Rennoldson & Sons
  • Power: 95 nhp/650ihp
  • Speed:
  • Call Sign: GCTQ
  • ID Number: 114910
  • Registry: Dover

History

September 14th 1914: Launched

October 1914: Completed (4th  DHB tug built by Rennoldson).

1914: To Dover Harbour Board at a purchase price of £7,935.

October 26th 1914: Arrived in Dover.

Roy Thornton Collection

Roy Thornton Collection

February 1918 – October 1919: Hired for Admiralty service at Dover

December 1939 – June 1946: Hired by Admiralty for naval examination & then salvage service

 

Roy Thornton Collection

1957 – 1958: Replaced by two twin screw diesel-engined tugs DILIGENT and DOMINANT

1958: W J Guy & Sons Ltd, Cardiff; renamed CARDIFF ROSE

Photoship

Photoship

March 30th 1961: Holed by propeller of tanker whilst assisting it out of dry-dock at Cardiff. Tug beached in a sinking condition close to the Mountstuart Drydock and Pierhead pontoons

April 7th 1961: Temporary hull repair failed and tug filled with water

1961: Broken up by Haulbowline Industries, at Passage West, Cork


All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions found. Sources: Dover Express, Tyne Tugs, “The History of Dover Harbour” Hasenson, Lloyds Register. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright.

Special thanks go to: John Hendy

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)

4 Comments

  1. I am now in my 89th year, but I have very many happy memories of holidaying in Dover each year when I was younger, and in particular, going on afternoon ‘cruises’ on board the ‘Lady Savile’ with my father. I would love to get hold of a photograph of the ‘good old tug’; can you point me in the right direction, please? Hope you may be able to help.

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