Registration number 2757
Status Registered
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Previous names

  • Duke Shore
  • Betty

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Tug
Location Barking Creek
Current use Ongoing conservation
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Van Duijvendijk, T, Holland
Built in 1931
Hull material Iron
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
46.33 feet (14.12m)
Breadth: Beam
12.25 feet (3.73m)
Depth
5.25 feet (1.60m)
Tonnage: Gross
23.00

History

PLODDER was built in 1931 as a tug by T. van Duijvendijk of Lekkerkerk, Holland for a British owner. She is a vessel of iron riveted construction and her present engine is a diesel by Parr and Dunwoody installed in1954.

Her first owners were John Henry Crisp of London. Following this she had a variety of owners including the Admiralty in 1942, providing port services in the South Atlantic and then for the Ministry of War Transport serving in West Africa. She eventually returned home in 1945 to work the Thames once again. In 1954 she was involved in the transfer of CUTTY SARK to her purpose built dry dock at Greenwich. Finally coming out of commercial service in the 1980s, she has since spent time both as a houseboat and laid up.

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Key dates

  • 1931

    Built by T van Duijvendijk in Holland
  • 1942/1945

    War service in South Atlantic and West Africa

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