A harbour tug for Clyde estuary service and based at Irvine harbour which is a few miles south of Ardrossan.

Hans Hasse from the internet.
Built in 1956 by George Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd, Greenock. Bought as a harbour tug by ICI (Nobel Explosives) for use in Irvine Harbour and at their Ardeer site. Garnock was the last operational tug to be used in Irvine harbour, but was badly damaged when she was carrying out one of her other duties - dumping explosives in the Firth of Clyde in 1984. Part of her explosive load caught and detonated under her rudder after dumping, severely damaging her aft end and propeller. ICI decided that the vessel was beyond economic repair and after essential work she was donated to the Scottish Maritime Museum where she now forms a static, floating display.

Dimensions: 78ft 5ins length, breadth 21ft 11ins, draught 8ft 2ins.

Built in 1956 by George Brown & Co. Ltd, of Greenock, for the Irvine Harbour Company (a subsidiary of ICI), GARNOCK is a harbour tug of steel construction with a hull partially riveted and partly welded. She was regsitered at Irvine for operation on the Clyde estuary, towing ships which loaded and unloaded explosives at the nearby ICI (Nobel Explosives) works. Latterly she was also used to dump explosives in the estuary. In February 1984, GARNOCK was severely damaged by an explosion while dumping explosives west of Ardrossan. Repairing the damage to her aft end and propeller was not an economic proposition, and after essential work, she was donated to the Scottish Maritime Museum. Source: Paul Brown, Historic Ships The Survivors (Amberley, 2010), updated Feb 2011.