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unusual facts about Tugs



Alice Gertrude

The passengers and crew remained on board until the morning, when, with the assistance of the steam tugs Lorne and Wyadda, they were all taken off.

Alligator boat

West & Peachey built 230 alligator tugs between 1889 and 1932 for customers across Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, the Yukon and the northern United States from Maine to Wisconsin.

Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot

Olivia Hack as Best Friend Bear, Baby Tugs Bear, Sweet Dreams Bear

Chris Tulloch

Chris Tulloch is a British animator, musician, songwriter and director, who has worked on children's series such as TUGS, Salty's Lighthouse and Dream Street.

Firemen and Deckhands' Union of New South Wales

The union covered deckhands employed on ferries, tugs, launches, lighters and hoppers, as well as enginemen, wharf hands, turnstill hands, change hands, firemen, motorboat coxmen and assistants.

Georgetown, Prince Edward Island

In the 20th century, Georgetown's industrial base diversified to include the Island's only shipyard, East Isle Shipyard, now owned by J.D. Irving Limited, and well known for its construction of tugs such as Atlantic Spruce, Atlantic Oak and the Royal Canadian Navy's Glen class tugs.

Radio-controlled boat

TUGS, Thomas & Friends and Theodore Tugboat in which they had moving eyes and as for TUGS moving heads.

Satakundskaya Flotilla

The flotilla was founded during spring 1916, as the Russian military commissioned the Finnish passenger ships SS Tarjanne, SS Kuru and SS Pohjola and the tugs Murole and Näsijärvi.

SdKfz 2

Later in the war, Kettenkrads were used as runway tugs for aircraft, especially for the Me 262 jet fighters.

Serco Denholm

However, Marine Services was put out to commercial tender by the Ministry of Defence Warship Support Agency (now part of the Defence Equipment and Support organisation) and since 1996 tugs, lifting craft, various tenders and management of HMNB Devonport, Portsmouth and Clyde have been operated and provided by Serco Denholm.

SS Catala

Efforts by tugs, specifically Salvage Princess, Cape Scott, and, from Vancouver, Salvage King, to bring off the vessel failed, even though the ship had been lightened by off-loading cargo into smaller service vessels.


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