Paddle Tug John H Amos.Pix.

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A feature of the Medway for some time now has been the hulk of the paddle tug
John H Amos lying on one of the slips at Chatham Historic Dockyard.Previous attempts to lift her onto a pontoon to take her away for renovation failed.
Now sitting safely high and dry waiting for renovation.
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For more details.. HERE
 
I seem to remember one of these paddle tugs in pompey in the seventies(during my time in the RN) i expect it was the electric type.Cant recall her name though
 
Rumour states that this was one of a pair.The other one was loaded up to the wheelbox with coal and was steamed to California after being bunkered in the Canaries for the trip across.Not sure if this would be actually possible.
 
Sometimes small steam coasting vessels etc. with limited bunker capacity would be temporarily rigged with masts and sails for delivery to new owners overseas.
 
Got a feeling the paddle tug in Pompey was called 'Faithful' - might be wrong but I remember it pulling us around when I was on the 'Rusty B'. Think we might have sunk it on excercise - they filled it with concrete and it was then attacked by everthing from Sea Skua to 4.5" shells. Wouldn't sink and the whole task group ended up steaming in line astern on a number of close passes as we engaged it with everything we had - 20mm, 30mm. small arms and even the 4.5 using the visual sight (safety ranges went out of the window). Quite a sight and rare in the modern Navy.
 
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Got a feeling the paddle tug in Pompey was called 'Faithful' .

Yes,now you mention it i think your right
 
Yep, that's it. My memory obviously isn't as bad as I thought! It was off Gib but it wasn't 1938 as shown on that web page /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
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Excellent news. Do you think they will let me have a drive when it's finished?

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Do you think you may find it a tad too nippy. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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