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Tugs on the Mersey

Here you can find out about the tug boats that are stationed on the River Mersey. You can also find out about the towage companies that operate on the Mersey.

Of course, with a name like Classic Tugs, you can be sure that we won't forget about all those great tugs from years gone by that used to be a common sight on the Mersey and around Liverpool Docks and Birkenhead Docks.
Tugs active on the Mersey
Smit Towage
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Smit Barbados 		IMO Number: 9370173
Bollard Pull Ahead: 60t
Delivered: 2006
Status: Active on the Mersey since 2006.
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Smit Collingwood 		IMO Number: 7917991
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1981
Status: Active on the Mersey since ?.
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Smit Donau 		IMO Number: 9389473
Bollard Pull Ahead: 60t
Delivered: 2007
Status: Active on the Mersey since 2007.
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Smit Liverpool 		IMO Number: 8320602
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1984
Status: Active on the Mersey since 1984.
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Smit Mersey 		IMO Number: 9187253
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1999
Status: Active on the Mersey since ?.
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Smit Waterloo 		IMO Number: 8610289
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1987
Status: Active on the Mersey since 1987.
Svitzer Marine
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Ashgarth 		IMO Number: 9057886
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1992
Status: Active on the Mersey since ?.
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Oakgarth 		Type: Twin Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD)
IMO Number: 8407711
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1984
Status: Active on the Mersey since 1984.
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Svitzer Bidston 		IMO Number: 9286695
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 2004
Status: Active on the Mersey since 2004.
The tug Svitzer Maltby on the Tyne
Svitzer Maltby 		Type: Twin Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD)
IMO Number: 9324784
Bollard Pull Ahead: 70t
Delivered: 04/11/2005
Status: Previously a Tyne tug. Active on the Mersey from July 2010.
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Svitzer Stanlow 		IMO Number: 9352793
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 2006
Status: Active on the Mersey since 2006.
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Thorngarth 		IMO Number: 8311998
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1983
Status: Active on the Mersey since ?.
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Yewgarth 		Type: Twin Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD)
IMO Number: ?
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1985
Status: Active on the Mersey since 1985.
Former Mersey Tugs
Alexandra Towing Comapny
The former Alexandra Towing Company tug Albert photographed in Wales in Howard Smith Livery
Albert 		IMO Number: ?
Bollard Pull Ahead: 40t
Delivered: 1972
Status: Sold in ?
The former Alexandra Towing Company tug Alfred photographed in Wales in Howard Smith Livery
Alfred 		IMO Number: ?
Bollard Pull Ahead: 40t
Delivered: 1971
Status: Sold in ?
Carmet Tug Company
The former Carmet Tug Company tug Vanguard after running aground and being sold for scrap
Vanguard 		IMO Number: ?
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1965
Status: Sold for scrap in 2004 after running aground.
Cory Towage
The tug Shannon on the Clyde, formerly the Mersey tug Eldergarth
Eldergarth 		Type: Twin Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD)
IMO Number: 8011835
Bollard Pull Ahead: 42t
Delivered: 1981
Status: Originally built for oil terminal contract in Angola. Active on the Mersey from mid-1980's-1999 before being renamed Shannon and moved to the Clyde. Now converted for marine survey work after being sold by Svitzer to EMU Ltd.
The tug Rowangarth on the Tyne
Rowangarth 		Type: Twin Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD)
IMO Number: 8011847
Bollard Pull Ahead: 42t
Delivered: 1982
Status: Originally built for oil terminal contract in Angola. Active on the Mersey from 1984-1999. Now stationed on the Tyne.
Howard Smith Towage
The former Mersey tug Albert photographed in Wales in Howard Smith Livery
Albert 		IMO Number: ?
Bollard Pull Ahead: 40t
Delivered: 1972
Status: Sold in ?
The former Mersey tug Alfred photographed in Wales in Howard Smith Livery
Alfred 		IMO Number: ?
Bollard Pull Ahead: 40t
Delivered: 1971
Status: Sold in ?
Rea Towing Company
The tug Shannon on the Clyde, formerly the Mersey tug Eldergarth
Eldergarth 		Type: Twin Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD)
IMO Number: 8011835
Bollard Pull Ahead: 42t
Delivered: 1981
Status: Originally built for oil terminal contract in Angola. Active on the Mersey from mid-1980's-1999 before being renamed Shannon and moved to the Clyde. Now converted for marine survey work after being sold by Svitzer to EMU Ltd.
The tug Rowangarth on the Tyne
Rowangarth 		Type: Twin Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD)
IMO Number: 8011847
Bollard Pull Ahead: 42t
Delivered: 1982
Status: Originally built for oil terminal contract in Angola. Active on the Mersey from 1984-1999. Now stationed on the Tyne.
Smit Towage
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Smit Gladstone 		IMO Number: ?
Bollard Pull Ahead: ?
Delivered: 1977
Status: Active on the Mersey until 2007.
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Smit Trafalgar 		IMO Number: 9174593
Bollard Pull Ahead: 63t
Delivered: 1998
Status: Active on the Mersey from 1998 to 2009. Now renamed and operating in Taiwan.
Svitzer Marine
The tug Svitzer Milford on the Clyde
Svitzer Milford 		IMO Number: 9292876
Bollard Pull Ahead: 60t
Delivered: 2004
Status: Formerly a Milford Haven tug. Now active on the Clyde.

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