A HISTORY OF THE VESSELS AND OPERATIONS IN FOWEY HARBOUR
  • WELCOME
    • CONTENT
    • The maritime history of Fowey Harbour
    • Tugs and dredging >
      • Towage and tugs >
        • Introduction to towage in Fowey Harbour
        • The history of towage in Fowey
        • The tugs and their history
        • ABOUT TUGS AND TOWAGE
        • A poem about a tug
      • The History of Dredging >
        • The Dredger Lantic Bay
        • Dredging and the dredgers
        • Steam bucket dredger Tregeagle
        • The hoppers m.v.Lerryn and m.v.Lantyan
    • Pilot Boats >
      • Pilot cutter Gore Point
      • Pilot Cutter Treffry
      • Pilot cutter Gribbin
    • The History of Brazen Island >
      • The building of barge "Mixtow"
      • The The building of m.v.Vendome and m.v.Vauban,
    • Fowey lighthouses and Navigational Aids >
      • St Catherines Lighthouse
      • Whitehouse Light
    • VESSELS REGISTERED IN FOWEY 1857 TO 1940 >
      • Vessels built in Fowey Harbour
      • 1861 census of Fowey Ships in cornish ports
      • 1871 census of Fowey Ships in Cornish ports
      • 1881 CENSUS OF FOWEY REGISTERED SHIPS
      • 1891 CENSUS OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN FOWEY
      • 1915 census of Fowey registered ships
    • Masters of ships
    • History of the Fowey Harbour Commissioners >
      • The appointment Process over the years
      • Persons who have served as Commissioners since 1869
    • Harbour Events >
      • Fowey Harbour's Clean Sweep sewage project
    • Links to other sites
    • Contact

The Fowey Tugs and their histories

There have been 20 tugs based in Fowey .
this section records the history of each tug and especially its time in Fowey
The tugs through the years. 
To find out about each tug click on the tug name       
  Name of tug
             Previous names      Year Arrived                                                                                                                             in                                                                             In Fowey


 Treffry                                                              1870  

Countess of Jersey                                         1880

Gallant                                                               1887

Cruden Bay                                                       1923

Penleath                Condor,Ridgway              1927
Pendennick           Gamecock                        1930

Trethosa                Mona, Fighting Cock       1947

Penleath                Badia, H.M.S Chester III   1947

St. Winnow            Duke of Normandy        1950

Tolbenny                F.T.Everard                        1951

St. Canute              SCT KNUD , Othonia       1961

Cannis                    Enticette                            1964

Gribbin Head         Inglby Cross                      1968
                 
Tregeagle               Flying Demon, Forth       1986

Pendennick            Dunelm                              1988

Penleath                 Yarra                                    1988

Polmear                                                                2004

Morgawr                 Holmgarth                          2008

Cormilan                Coatham Cross                  2011


Cannis                    Lady Constance,
                                Svitzer Constance               
2014


Graph showing the lengths of service of the each of the tugs

 



 








 








 








 








 














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  • WELCOME
    • CONTENT
    • The maritime history of Fowey Harbour
    • Tugs and dredging >
      • Towage and tugs >
        • Introduction to towage in Fowey Harbour
        • The history of towage in Fowey
        • The tugs and their history
        • ABOUT TUGS AND TOWAGE
        • A poem about a tug
      • The History of Dredging >
        • The Dredger Lantic Bay
        • Dredging and the dredgers
        • Steam bucket dredger Tregeagle
        • The hoppers m.v.Lerryn and m.v.Lantyan
    • Pilot Boats >
      • Pilot cutter Gore Point
      • Pilot Cutter Treffry
      • Pilot cutter Gribbin
    • The History of Brazen Island >
      • The building of barge "Mixtow"
      • The The building of m.v.Vendome and m.v.Vauban,
    • Fowey lighthouses and Navigational Aids >
      • St Catherines Lighthouse
      • Whitehouse Light
    • VESSELS REGISTERED IN FOWEY 1857 TO 1940 >
      • Vessels built in Fowey Harbour
      • 1861 census of Fowey Ships in cornish ports
      • 1871 census of Fowey Ships in Cornish ports
      • 1881 CENSUS OF FOWEY REGISTERED SHIPS
      • 1891 CENSUS OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN FOWEY
      • 1915 census of Fowey registered ships
    • Masters of ships
    • History of the Fowey Harbour Commissioners >
      • The appointment Process over the years
      • Persons who have served as Commissioners since 1869
    • Harbour Events >
      • Fowey Harbour's Clean Sweep sewage project
    • Links to other sites
    • Contact