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Tuesday 3 March 2015

British tug Linesman with lighters underway from the Netherlands towards England according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 25 July 1915

An item dated reported the departure on the 24th from the Nieuwe Waterweg by the tug Linesman towards London, England while towing lighters. (1)

Note
1. Used between 13 March and 6 July 1915 in service of the British Admiralty. In 1917 was she owned by T. Gray&Company Limited, Hull,, England in service of the War Office Inland Water Transports Directorate Service as the HS 1 between 1915 and 1919. Finally broken up at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1962. Completed at the shipyard of J.P. Rennoldson&Sons, South Shield, England with yard number 271 in March 1911. Dimensions 85.2’x 18.1’x 10.1’, a gross tonnage of 96 and a net tonnage of 4 tons.