Danube VI Tugboat Model Of Famous Thames Tugs Wood Boat Ship vtg 152 Excellent

  

In excellent condition minus missing two small windows as seen in last photo. Should be an easy fix! Danube VI London Tugboat Model of Famous Thames River Tugs. Height: 9 to top of smokestack.

Built 1935 by Cochrane and Sons Ltd. 900ihp 3cylTE 15.5"x26"x42"x30"s 200psi. October 9, 1935 Delivered to T.

February 1937 Converted to oil fired boiler. August 1939 Requisitioned by RN for examination service.

June 6, 1944 Under COTUG control departed Littlehampton towing three ammunition barges for Normandy beachhead. June 20, 1944 Working off Normandy following D-day landings. July 18, 1944 Departed Barry in convoy EBC45. July 20, 1944 Arrived Seine Bay. January 21, 1955 Holed and beached below Gravesend following collision with Swedish MV Jupiter.

1965 Owners became Westminster Dredging Ltd. September 9, 1968 Scrapped by Scrapping co SA, Boom.