Romsey
1925
(Albatros AL-117)
- Type: Tug tender
- Displacement: 500 tons
- Dimensions: 135 x 34 x 14.5 ft.
- Machinery: Steam 2 C.2-cyl, twin screw, 254 NHP = 12 knots
- Builder: Ferguson, Glasgow, Scotland, 1930
- Service: Owned by Alexandra Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool. Frequent tender/tug to the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Admiralty Service Examination vessel and tug/tendering duties on the Clyde during WW2. Sunk following collision with Lairdsburn off Gourock 4 Sep 1942; 15 persons lost. Raised, repaired and back into service. Returned to owners 11 Aug 1945. Scrapped 1962.
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