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The tug MEDUSA - at Inverness
©
Daniel Earl
Photo taken probably between 1998 and 2002
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Question
MEDUSA |
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Thank you to Daniel Earl, Aberdeen, for allowing me to reproduce his photograph
of the tug, MEDUSA, above. This is one of many photos of tugs
in Dan's collection.
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Dan wrote:
MEDUSA
"I am trying to trace the history of the tug
MEDUSA, referred to in
Renny Robertson's comments.
I took this photo myself in Inverness,
some time between 1998 and 2002, I think!
Maybe you might have or know of
someone that has a photo of the MEDUSA."
Daniel Earl: November 5, 2009 |
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If you have any more information about the tug, Medusa, or
know of any other photos of MEDUSA,
please email me, then I'll pass on the news to Daniel.
Thank you.
Peter
Stubbs: November 5, 2009 |
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Answer
1.
The Same Tug |
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Thank you to Dan Earl for writing again to let me know that he had
discovered a little more about this tug.
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Dan wrote:
"My Thames-based contact, tells me that
the tug in this photo WAS the same tug as
Renny Robertson mentions on the EdinPhoto web site.
MEDUSA
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50ftx14ftx6.5ft, single screw Crossley Diesel
150 bhp.
- 1952: Built
by James Pollock Faversham Kent
- 1953-70:
A P C M Ltd
London
- 1970:
to J T Palmer & sons Gravesend
- 1972:
to J Dinwoodie & sons Granton
- 1974:
Sank
- 1994:
Broken up at
Inverness.
Dan Earl: November 5, 2009 |
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Answer
2.
MEDUSA |
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Thank you to Colin Aston who wrote:
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Storm in Firth of
Forth
"I can confirm that the tug MEDUSA sank
during a storm in the Forth about two miles east of Inchkeith in 1974,
unfortunately with the loss of at least two lives.
Some time after the search was abandoned, it
was snagged by a fishing trawler and when divers went down to free the net
the wreck was found."
Colin Aston: December
7, 2009 |
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Answer
3.
MEDUSA |
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Thank you to Don Macleod who wrote:
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Kessock Bridge
"I worked as a deckhand on the Medusa in Oct -
Dec 1978 when she was on contract for the building of the Kessock bridge.
I was working for the owner of Medusa, Jimmy
Kelman, who had salvaged and rebuilt the tug following her loss in the
Firth of Forth. She was a great working boat and I have fond memories of
my time on her."
Don Macleod: April 7,
2012 |
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