Esso Tug Royal Daylight

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  • malc hooley
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    • Oct 2012
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    #1

    Esso Tug Royal Daylight

    Has anyone any information on this Esso Tug which i believe worked in the river Thames in the 60s
  • Seadog Pete R.I.P.
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    • Oct 2012
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    #2
    Originally posted by malc hooley
    Has anyone any information on this Esso Tug which i believe worked in the river Thames in the 60s
    Built 1902 by John Stewart & Sons Ltd., Blackwall.
    L74.7'. B17.2'. D8.5'. 83grt.
    350ihp 2cyl 16"x32"x18"s compound steam engine by builder. ON114830.
    2-1902 Launched. 1902 Delivered to Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd., London named Tea Rose.
    1906 Renamed Royal Daylight. 19?? Acquired by Esso Petroleum Co Ltd., London. 1955 Scrapped.

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    Peter
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