WILLIAM WATKINS FLEET
NOTES, FACTS AND FIGURES
CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF FLEET
DATE ACQUIRED IN BLACK - NEW BUILD
DATE ACQUIRED IN RED - PREVIOUSLY OWNED
DATE DISPOSED IN BLACK - SCRAPPED
DATE DISPOSED IN GREEN - SOLD ON
DATE DISPOSED IN RED - LOST TO ANY CAUSE
|
DATE ACQUIRED |
NAME |
DATE DISPOSED |
|
1833 |
MONARCH |
1876 |
|
1840 |
FIDDLER |
1847 |
| 1845 |
LORD WARDEN |
1853 |
| 1846 |
PUNCH [1] |
? |
| 1847 |
PAUL PRY |
1866 |
| 1849 |
JOHN BULL |
1878 |
| 1849 |
UNCLE SAM |
1900 |
| 1850 |
SAUCY JACK |
1862 |
| 1852 |
BRITANNIA [1] |
1855 |
| 1853 |
VICTORIA |
1906 |
| 1854 |
PUNCH [2] |
1895 |
| 1855 |
DON |
1866 |
| 1855 |
TOBY |
1862 |
| 1856 |
DEFIANCE |
1871 |
| 1857 |
NAPOLEON |
1881 |
| 1857 |
VICTOR |
1894 |
| 1861 |
TIMES |
1886 |
| 1862 |
ANNETTE |
1869 |
| 1862 |
BRITANNIA [2] |
1875 |
| 1863 |
ANTAGONIST |
1867 |
| 1864 |
EXPRESS |
1880 |
| 1866 |
ANGLIA |
1894 |
| 1868 |
ALBION [1] |
1869 |
| 1868 |
ERA |
1882 |
| 1870 |
ALBION [2] |
? |
| 1870 |
CAMBRIA |
1913 |
| 1872 |
ROBERT BRUCE |
1892 |
| 1873 |
ATLAS |
1887 |
| 1874 |
HIBERNIA [1] |
1884 |
| 1874 |
RENOWN |
1903 |
| 1874 |
SCOTIA [1] |
1891 |
| 1874 |
TITAN |
1888 |
| 1875 |
INDIA |
1894 |
| 1875 |
PILOT |
1883 |
| 1876 |
BRISTOL |
1898 |
| 1877 |
FOX |
1878 |
| 1880 |
CANADA |
1935 |
| 1882 |
AUSTRALIA |
1908 |
| 1882 |
ZEALANDIA [1] |
1912 |
| 1883 |
MALTA [1] |
? |
| 1883 |
TASMANIA |
1897 |
| 1884 |
COLUMBIA |
1912 |
| 1884 |
HIBERNIA [2] |
1961 |
| 1885 |
MONA |
1886 |
| 1886 |
BURMAH |
1889 |
| 1886 |
IONA |
1920 |
| 1886 |
MALTA [2] |
1888 |
| 1889 |
BURMA |
1904 |
| 1889 |
GUIANA |
1918 |
| 1889 |
MERCIA |
1895 |
| 1889 |
OCEANA |
1918 |
| 1890 |
NUBIA |
1935 |
| 1893 |
SCOTIA [2] |
1935 |
| 1895 |
ARCADIA |
1962 |
| 1895 |
MANILA |
1901 |
| 1898 |
SIMLA |
1964 |
| 1900 |
JAVA [1] |
1901 |
| 1902 |
MASHONA |
1905 |
| 1902 |
PERSIA [1] |
1908 |
| 1905 |
JAVA [2] |
1965 |
| 1905 |
LIBERIA |
1911 |
| 1909 |
BADIA [1] |
1947 |
| 1909 |
DORIA |
1947 |
| 1909 |
VINCIA |
1947 |
| 1915 |
RACIA [1] |
1919 |
| 1920 |
FABIA |
1946 |
| 1920 |
MURIA [1] |
1940 |
| 1920 |
PALENCIA |
1939 |
| 1920 |
RUMANIA [1] |
1923 |
| 1927 |
GONDIA |
1966 |
| 1927 |
KENIA |
1964 |
| 1928 |
RUMANIA [2] |
1935 |
| 1931 |
TANGA |
1969 |
| 1937 |
CERVIA [1] |
1946 |
| 1937 |
NAPIA [1] |
1939 |
| 1937 |
PERSIA [2] |
1967 |
| 1937 |
RACIA [2] |
1967 |
| 1946 |
CERVIA [2] |
PRESERVED |
| 1946 |
ZEALANDIA [2] |
1952 |
| 1946 |
NAPIA [2] |
1971 |
| 1946 |
RUMANIA [3] |
1956 |
TUGS IN OWNERSHIP
1833 -1: 1840-2: 1845-2: 1850-5: 1855-7: 1860-12: 1865-16: 1870-12:1875-19: 1880-18: 1885-20: 1890-22: 1895-13:
1900-15: 1905-16: 1910-19: 1915-14: 1920-12: 1925-13: 1930-16: 1935-14: 1940-14: 1945-13: 1950-12:
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NEW BUILDERS
Thames Ironworks - 2: Ash - 1: Cook Welton Gemmell - 1: Dutch built - 5: Philip - 4: Money Wigram - 3:
Westwood Baillie - 4: London iron Eng. - 1: Cochrane - 5: Mordey Carney - 1: Watkins - 1: Wales - 1:
Irvine - 1: Gourlay - 1: A/Laverick - 1: Lobnitz - 1: Mare - 1:
NEW BUILD ENGINES
Stewart - 14: Earles - 2: Appleby - 2: Philip - 3: Dutch - 2: Crabtree - 2: Mordey carney - 1: Grey - 2:
Burrell - 1: Gourlay - 1: Lobnitz - 1:
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WHY THE GREEN WATERLINE STRAKE ON WATKINS TUGS?
The following note is taken from the website below. It comes from the journal of Thomas Stothard and is published by kind permission of Cheryl Craggs, his granddaughter and owner of the website.
http://tomstothard.website.orange.co.uk/thomas_stothard_1879___1981.4.html
Thomas Stothard married Rose Ost on 18 August 1900 Seven years later and Thomas found employment at John Stewart and Sons, ship repairers, of Canal Dry Dock, by the entrance of the SW India Dock. Matthew Stothard had spoken to the Manager, Tommy Noton, a friend of the family to secure Thomas the job. Thomas fitted in all sorts of jobs - in the office, helping with rigging, painting etc.
Mr William Watkins, the tug-owner, together with John Stewart and Co, gave a children’s party at the beginning of the 1914-1918 War. This was held in the sail-loft on the east side of the yard. Watkins had a branch office in the basement of one of the houses in the terrace opposite the yard in Manchester Road. The tugs were painted and repaired in Stewarts Dry Dock, and during a visit, Mr Watkins asked Thomas to cut a stencil figuring a right-angled triangle, very long base compared with its height. When this was completed, they went to a tug sitting at the bottom of the dry dock and applied the template to the water-line at the stem. This appeared satisfactory to Mr Watkins, and green paint was applied to the stencil, the result of which pleased Mr Watkins, and for as long as the firm was an independent company every tug bore that mark. His tugs went alphabetically: Arcadia, Badia, Canada, etc. Mr Watkins gave Thomas a very generous Christmas box each year.
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