Bristol Channel
- NAME:
- Canning
- CERTIFICATE No.
- 4
- Website Address:
- www.swansea.gov.uk
| Status: | Registered |
|---|---|
| Date recorded: | 19/01/1996 |
Built in 1954 by Cochrane & Sons of Selby for the Alexandra Towing Co. Ltd, CANNING is an oil burning steam tug with a triple expansion engine by C D Holmes & Co. Ltd., Hull. She was the first oil burning tug built for the company and, for the next 5 years, all other company tugs were of similar design and appearance.
CANNING was based at Liverpool until being transferred to Swansea in 1966. Her main duties at both ports were towing and berthing large ships in the harbours and docks, but barge towage and coastal towage were also undertaken. She became the last steam tug to operate in the Bristol Channel, serving until 1974. In December 1974, she was acquired by Swansea City Council for preservation and has retained the fleet colours of the Alexandra Towing Co, Ltd; her original owners.
Source: Paul Brown, Historic Ships The Survivors (Amberley, 2010), updated Mar 2011.
CANNING was based at Liverpool until being transferred to Swansea in 1966. Her main duties at both ports were towing and berthing large ships in the harbours and docks, but barge towage and coastal towage were also undertaken. She became the last steam tug to operate in the Bristol Channel, serving until 1974. In December 1974, she was acquired by Swansea City Council for preservation and has retained the fleet colours of the Alexandra Towing Co, Ltd; her original owners.
Source: Paul Brown, Historic Ships The Survivors (Amberley, 2010), updated Mar 2011.
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- 1954 - Builder: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby.
- 1954 - Function: Tug
- Exhibit Sheet: Steam Tug Canning - Kaye, C R
- Fact Sheet: The Alexandra Towing Company Ltd - Kaye, C R
- British Steam Tugs - Waine, P N - 1983
- Blow Five: A History of the Alexandra Towing Co Ltd - Hallam, W B - 1976
- Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles - 1994
- Function:
- Service Vessel
- Sub Functional Area:
- Tug
- Type:
- Tug
- Builder:
- Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby.
- Build date:
- 1954
- Length overall:
- 103.61 feet (31.60 metres)
- Tonnage
- 200 (Gross Tonnage)
- Depth:
- 11.97 feet (3.65 metres)
- Beam
- Beam: 27.97 feet (8.53 metres)
- Propulsion:
- Engine Steam
- Engine:
- Steam Triple Expansion
- Engine year:
- 1954
- Engine builder:
- C D Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull.
- Boiler:
- Scotch Return Tube
- Boiler maker:
- C D Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
- Boiler year:
- 1954
- Current use:
- Museum: floating
- Present location:
- Swansea
- Available for hire:
- No
- Available for excursions:
- No