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Britannia's Brynforth.

Britannia's Clynforth


Britannia's Graigforth.

Britannia's Kingsforth.


Britannia's Queensforth.

Britannia's Tug Majestic.


Photo of the first steam paddle tugs at Swansea in the 1800s.
 

Photo of the Flying Scud, which worked in Swansea from 1877.
 

First tug in Swansea with a Flying Bridge. ( Docking Bridge ) Skipper William Bevan Cardiff.
 

Alexandra Tug Neath entering the River Tawe


Alexandra Tugs guiding the Titanic out of the river for her sea trials in 1912



The Salthouse, seen above towing the yacht Britannia to Mumbles roads in 1926,  was not listed as a Swansea Tug. Two possibilities for her being in the Bristol Channel are :-

1...   The  prestigious  races  that  were  part  of  the  now  defunct  Swansea  Bay  Regatta.  These  races  attracted  thousands  upon  thousands  of  people to  the area  and  the  Alexandra Towing Company  had  by  1926  already  established  themselves  in  Swansea,  and  a  bit  of  "Flag  Waving"  never  goes  amiss.

 2...  An  interest  in  the  Salthouse  may  already  have  been  in the  minds  of  Port  Talbot  Pilots  and  a  viewing  in  an  event  like  this  would  have  been  ideal. They purchased her in 1928 and renamed her the Lady Eveline.

Many thanks to Ron Tovey for his assistance with this item.

 
 

Benson.

Cambrian ( No. 1 )


Flying Kestral

Gower.


Murton.


 Margam crossing Swansea bay

                      Cambrian.  ( No. 2 - first diesel tug in Swansea )


                               Now in the Maritime Museum

A year after this photo was taken she was scrapped at Cardiff.


Left to right, D Jones, Gareth Mills, Patrick Lyons and Cliff Wiltshire.

 Two  Captains retiring


Alexandra Blazer Badge.

This cap badge belonged to Clifford Jones the father of D Jones pictured above. He was captain up to 1942 / 1943

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