Registration number 3589
Status Archived
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Sheen - current condition 2019
Sheen - during the 1970s
Sheen - on the way home from Dunkirk with a few of the little ships from the Thames in tow

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Tug
Location NONE
Vessel type Steam Tug
Archive reason More information required
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Chambers, John & Co, Lowestoft
Built in 1925
Hull material Iron
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
14.75 feet (4.50m)
Depth
7.50 feet (2.29m)
Air Draft
11.50 feet (3.51m)
Length: Overall
64.00 feet (19.51m)
Tonnage: Gross
48.00

History

SHEEN was built by John Chambers & Co. of Lowestoft in 1925.  Originally a steam tug, she was converted to diesel in 1962.

She was owned and run by Tough Bros and was one of two tugs that gathered up small boats off the Thames for the Dunkirk evacuations during the Second World War.  SHEEN also went over to the beaches and was filmed returning the little ships after the evacuation.

Still in working order, SHEEN is under private ownership with the aim of being restored to her former glory. 

Update, March 2023: Reported on Facebook that SHEEN may have sunk at her moorings. 

We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information, past or present, please contact us.

Key dates

  • 1925

    Vessel built by John Chambers & Co. in Lowestoft

Sources

Vessel Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sheenthamestug/

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