Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship: WARRIOR ( 1970-1973 Coastal and harbour tug of Steel & Bennie, Greenock/ Rea Tugs/ Cory towage)

Port of Registry: Glasgow
Net Tonnage: -
Reg Tonnage: -
Gross Tonnage: -
Deadweight Tonnage: -

Hans Hasse :

WARRIOR / THUNDERER
O.N. 335071. 272g. 124'10" x 32'2" x 12'1"oa.
6-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (370 x 400mm) Deutz RBV6M540 type oil engine manufactured by Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz A. G., Koeln, reverse reduction geared to a single fixed pitch propeller operating within a Kort steerable nozzle. 2,400 bhp. 38 tons bollard pull. 12 kts.
2.4.1969: Keel laid by James Lamont & Company Ltd., Port Glasgow (Yard No. 411) for Steel and Bennie Ltd., Glasgow.

29.9.1969: Launched.

19.1.1970: Completed. Registered at Glasgow.

1969: Company purchased by R. and J.H. Rea Ltd., London.

1970: Transferred to Cory Ship Towage (Clyde) Ltd., (Cory Ship Towage Ltd., managers).

1973: Following a request by Charente Steamship Company Ltd., (T. and J. Harrison, managers), Liverpool, was renamed THUNDERER. This was to enable the name WARRIOR to be used on a new bulk carrier.

1985: Transferred to Cory Towage Ltd., London.

1986: Transferred to Irish Tugs Ltd., (Cory Towage Ltd., managers).

1990: Transferred to Westport, Republic of Ireland registry, (O.N. 402784) and to operations on the West Coast of Ireland.

1993: Transferred to Belfast and to Belfast registry. (O. N. 335071).

16.5.1995: Transferred to the Clyde from Belfast.

1998: Transferred to Cory Towage Ltd.

Still in service January 2000.