Posts : 19 Join date : 2017-02-02 Location : Kent UK
Subject: RUMANIA Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:09 pm
Scratchbuilt on fibreglass hull
RUMANIA Built 1919 by Philip and Son, Dartmouth. YN499. Steel Screw Tug. L86.2'. B21'. D10.4'. 148grt. 450ihp 2cyl 15"x32" 24" stroke compound steam engine by builder. Acquired 1928. Disposed 1935. Official No. 145733. Call sign MPDN.
1919 Completed for War Office [Inland Water Transport Dept] as HS79. 1921 Sold to Crichton, Thompson & Company Ltd., London. 10-1923 Sold to William Guy, Cardiff, renamed Welsh Rose. 6-1928 Acquired by William Watkins Ltd., London, renamed Rumania. 14-5-1935 Sold to Nash Dredging Ltd., London for £4500. 27-5-1935 Towed from Ramsgate to Dover to be re-boilered. Converted to oil fired boiler. 29-5-1935 Towed back to Ramsgate by tug Simla. 1940 Sold to Government of Trinidad and Tobago, renamed St. David. 1954 Scrapped.
troutrunner Master
Posts : 573 Join date : 2014-01-23 Location : Lincolnshire UK
Subject: Re: RUMANIA Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:42 am
Nice looking boat with a nice lot of history
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Subject: Re: RUMANIA Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:27 am
Great boat.
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Subject: Re: RUMANIA Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:50 pm
WOW fantastic looking tug...nicly built as well.........MORE MORE
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Posts : 19 Join date : 2017-02-02 Location : Kent UK
Subject: Re: RUMANIA Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:56 pm
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Posts : 19 Join date : 2017-02-02 Location : Kent UK
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