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GOLIATH: IMO 169475
Built 1946 by W.M.Simons and Co Ltd, Renfrew, UK (YN 778) as EMPIRE TESSA
GRT: 302/ DWT:
Dimensions: Length (oa) 35.4 metres x Beam 8.4 metres
Single Screw driven by a 3 cylinder Triple Expansion Steam Engine
History
1946: EMPIRE TESSA (as built) : British Govt.
1947: EMINENT : Transferred to the Admiralty
1975: EMINENT : International Towing Ltd (ITL)
1976: GOLIATH : International Towing Ltd (ITL)
1983 : GOLIATH : Maryport Maritime Museum, ***bria.
1986: Sold to Duddon Shipbreakers Ltd and was broken up at Millom

Photographed on 28 May 1978 on River Medway at Chatham, alongside CERVIA.
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CERVIA: IMO 180997
Built 1946 by A.Hall and Co Ltd.Aberdeen, UK (YN 709) as EMPIRE RAYMOND
GRT: 233/ DWT:
Dimensions: Length (oa) 32.06 metres x Beam 8.26 metres
Single Screw driven by a 3 cylinder Triple Expansion Steam Engine
History
1946: EMPIRE RAYMOND (as built) : British Govt.
1946: EMPIRE RAYMOND : William Watkins Ltd, London
1947: CERVIA : William Watkins Ltd, London
1954: 25 Oct : Capsized and sank while towing the liner ARCADIA (29664/54) at Tilbury with the loss of her master and four crew.
1954: 28 Oct : Raised and subsequently taken to Ramsgate for repair.
1968: CERVIA : London Tugs Ltd (Amalgamation of W.Watkins and W.Alexander )
1971: Laid up
1972: Sold as an exhibit for the new Medway Maritime Museum but returned to towage operated by International Towing Ltd.
1976: CERVIA : International Towing Ltd.
1984: CERVIA : Transferred to permanent loan to East Kent Maritime Museum

Photographed on 28 May 1978 on River Medway at Chatham, alongside GOLIATH
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