The Bantam Tug List

Where are they now?

The following is a list of Bantam tugs which were built and their original customers. If you know the whereabouts of one of these boats, or its ownership, or that it is still in use, or has been scrapped, please let us know. The information about the tugs will be added to the table. It is believed that a number are still in existence.

NAME No. BHP Start Finish Original Customer Where now?
  1       Swan, Hunter  
  2   5/55 9/55 Farrans, Belfast  
  3 21 10/49 1/50 Wraysbury Sand Gravel  
  4 21 11/49 3/50 Walter Smith, Brasted London Canal Museum
  5 21 1/50 6/50 Hall Co., Rye Harbour  
Jupiter 6 21 3/50 7/50 Darenth River Aggregates Chichester Canal Society
  7 21 6/50 9/50 Thames Sand Gravel, Ashford Reported on the River Wey, owned by The National Trust
  8 21 7/50 10/50 Thomas Roberts, Wraysbury  
  9 21 7/50 11/50 Hilton Gravel, Derby  
  10 21 9/50 3/51 Branston Gravels, Birmingham  
  11 21 9/50 6/51 Walter Smith, Brasted  
  12 30 10/50 1/51 Thomas Roberts, Thrapston  
  14 30 11/50 3/51 Thomas Roberts, Bletchley  
MSC Bantam 1 16 30 12/50 8/51 Manchester Ship Canal Co. Currently out of water, stored at Burscough on the Leeds Liverpool canal. Vessel has been re-bottomed and only needs light cosmetic work to return to 'good' condition. As at May 2007 was for sale.
City 17 30 1/51 7/51 DIWE, Watford  
Will Scarlet 18 30 2/51 10/51 DIWE, Nottingham BW in the East Midlands
  19 30 6/51 12/51 E. Hill Sons, South Cerney  
MSC Bantam II 20 30 8/51  2/52  Manchester Ship Canal Co. The National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
  21 30 11/51 5/52 E. Hill Sons, Newbury  
Little John 22 40 12/51 7/52 DIWE, Nottingham  
Frisky 23 30 4/52 8/52 Ham River Grit, Waltham Abbey Chichester Canal Society
  24 30 6/52 9/52 DIWE, Liverpool  
  25 30 9/52 4/53 DIWE, Liverpool  

Endeavour I

26 60 9/52 2/53 Reading Dredging Co., Marlow  
  27 30 2/53 5/53 Ham River Grit, Thorpe  
  28 21 5/53 7/53 Hall Co., Bedfont  
  29 30 5/53 9/53 Ham River Grit, Chertsey  
  30 30 6/53 10/53 Ham River Grit, Fisher's Green  
  31 21 9/53 1/54 Wraysbury Sand Gravel  
  32 30 11/53 2/54 W.J. Lavender, Littleton  
  33 30 1/54 4/54 Darenth River Aggregates  

Margaret

34 90 2/54 7/54 Thomas Watson, Rochester  
  35 30 6/54 9/54 DIWE, Liverpool  
  36 30 7/54 10/54 T.W. Howard, Langley  
  37 30 9/54 11/54 Thomas Roberts, Wraysbury  
  38 30 10/54 12/54 Derbyshire Aggregates, Derby  
  39 30 10/54 1/55 H. Haines, Witney  
  40 30 12/54 3/55 Murray-Taylor, Colnbrook  
  41 30 2/55 4/55 Ham River Grit, Chertsey  
  42 30 3/55 5/55 Hall Co., Bedfont Reported "gutted"
  43 30 3/55 6/55 Thrapston Sand Ballast  
Sapper 44 30 9/55 1/56 Marley Tile, Riverhead Surrey and Hants Canal Society
  45 30 10/55 3/56 Ham River Grit, Fisher's Green  
  46 30 1/56 5/56 BTW, Liverpool  
  47 30 1/56 7/56 John Hawtrey, Harefield  
  48 30 3/56 8/56 Bletchley Concrete Aggregates  
  49 6/56 2/57 Forgings Presswork  
  50 9/56 4/57 Shree Digvijay Cement  
Alan-a-Dale 51   11/56 7/57 BTW, Nottingham  
Eric of Lincoln 52   3/57 9/57 BTW, Nottingham  
  53 30 5/57 11/57 T.W. Howard, Iver  
  54   9/57 1/58 Joseph Sankey, Wolverhampton  
  55 30 8/57 11/57 Ham River Grit, Thorpe  
  56 30 9/57 12/57 Kent Sand Ballast, Sevenoaks  
  57 30 9/57 5/58 BTW, Liverpool  
  58   3/58 9/58 Shree Digvijay Cement  
Nudgette 59   11/57 4/58 London Rochester Trading  
Shovette 60   1/58 7/58 London Rochester Trading  
  61 33 12/57 8/58 BTW, Liverpool  
  62 33 4/58 8/58 Marco Aggregates, Chertsey  
Tenguin 63 114 7/58 12/58 MB Dredging  
Wheldale 64   5/59 10/59 BWB, Leeds  
Allerton Bywater 65   9/59 12/59 BWB, Leeds In the Yorkshire Waterways Museum
Water Haigh 66   11/59  3/60   BWB, Leeds  
  67   1/59 4/59 BWB, Liverpool Reported operational in the Aylesbury area, ownership uncertain.
  68 11/58 3/59 H. Lavender Son Wood Hall and Heward
69 1/59 5/59 BWB, Liverpool  
  70 35 4/59 8/59 Thames River Grit  
Melita 71    7/59  12/60  E.C. Jones Son  
  72 35 1/60 5/60 Kent Sand Ballast, Sevenoaks Cathedral Marina, Ely
  73 35 2/60 6/60 Cape Asbestos  
  74 35 4/60 7/60 W.W. Drinkwater  
  75 35 5/60 1/61 Marley Tile, Poole  
Will Stutely 76     2/61 BWB, Leeds BW in the East Midlands
Walsall 77     6/61   National Waterways Museum, Gloucester (in store)
Arthur-a-Bland 78 60   7/61 BWB, Nottingham BW in the East Midlands
  79 35 3/61 7/61 Thames Ballast, Shepperton  
  80 35   6/61 ARC, Lydd  
  81 35 8/61 11/61 Hall Ham, Wraysbury  
  82 35 10/61 1/62 Greenham Sand Ballast, Staines  
  83 35 12/61 4/62 Robert Brett, Sturry  
  84 35 2/62 7/63 T.W. Howard, Iver  
  85 35 4/63 7/63 Greenharn Sand Ballast, Feltharn May Gurneys, Norwich
  86 35 10/63 2/64 W.J. Lavender, Shepperton Reported on land, May Gurneys, Norwich
  87 35 12/64 2/65 Hall Ham, Chertsey  
  88   3/65 7/65 W.W. Drinkwater  
  89     7/68 Butterley Quarries, N. Hykeham  Reported scrapped Autumn 2008
  90     11/68 W.J. Lavender, Hersham  
Robin Hood 91 160   4/69 BWB, Nottingham  

Notes

DIWE means Docks and Inland Waterways Executive, part of the nationalised transport industry in the 1950's.

BWB means British Waterways Board, the nationalised body which succeeded the DIWE

BTW means British Transport Waterways, an alternative name for D IWE used later in their history.

BHP means Brake horse power