CHALLENGE

Brief History of Challenge - Taken from Challenge Society WebPage www.stchallenge.org

 

1931 Built for Elliott Steam Tug Co., London.

Lloyds Register of Shipping (LRS) 54844.

Acquired by SHIP TOWAGE [LONDON] LIMITED 1-2-1950. Disposed 1973 Official No. 162549. Call sign MPZB.

31-5-1940 Worked at Dunkirk berthing vessels in the harbour during the evacuation.

1-6-1940 Returned to Dunkirk towing small craft.

1941 Assisted in erection of the Maunsell AA towers in the Thames Estuary.

1944 Towing Mulberry Harbour parts.

3-7-1944 Damaged by V1 rocket in Royal Albert Dock. Repaired at Mills and Knight's yard, Rotherhithe.

1-2-1950 Transferred to Ship Towage [London] Ltd.

1964 Converted to oil fired boiler at Sheerness. Access to aft accommodation moved from the engine room to current position.

27-1-1969 Transferred to London Tugs Ltd.

29-10-1973 Sold to Taylor Woodrow Ltd. for preservation at St. Katherine's Dock, London.

1993 Transferred for preservation to Dunkirk Little Ships Restoration Trust.

 

CHALLENGE photographed in Southampton Dock system on 20 August 2013

 

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