LNER Harbour Craft

As well as a large number of ferries, the LNER owned a large number of harbour craft. This page lists the larger craft such as dredgers, hoppers, and tugs. The LNER also owned a lot of minor craft (e.g. diving boats, waterboats, and small lighters/barges). These are poorly documented and often unnamed.

Type/name	Built	GRT	Previous owner	Port of registry	Sold prior 1948
Bucket Dredgers
CHARLES HARRISON	1913	123	N.E.R.	Hull
DAVID DALE	1905	1562	N.E.R.	Hull
JOHN RENNIE	1903	396	Bought 1934	Hull
LORD JOICEY	1906	1204	N.E.R.	Hull	Sold 1937
OLIVER BURY	1929	553		Hull
TELFORD	1926	474		Hull

Grab Dredgers
ALMOND	1915	309	N.B.R.	Bo'ness
CAR CRAIG	1909	290	Bought 1934	Bo'ness
DREDGER No.2	1913	350	G.C.R.	Hull
FOREMOST 50	1937	380		Hull
GRABBER	1931	62		Hull
H. & B. Ry. DREDGER No.4 (later N.E.R. GRAB No.4)	1914	336	Hull & Barnsley Rly.	Hull

Suction Dredgers
BRINDLEY	1914	1949	N.E.R.	Hull
N.E.R. No.7	1910	820	N.E.R.	Hull
PRECURSOR	1906	774	Hull & Barnsley	Hull

Dredgers - type unknown
No.3 DREDGER	1870		N.E.R.		Sold 1925-30
No.4 DREDGER	1879		N.E.R.
No.6 DREDGER	1871		N.E.R.		Sold 1923-25

Crane Barge
No.487	1915		Bought 1931	Hull

Hopper Barges
CLOCH	1882	390	N.E.R.	Hull	Broken up 1934
CLYDE	1882	390	N.E.R.	Hull	Broken up 1927
CUMBRAE - 1936 renamed S.H.3	1882	389	N.E.R.	Hull
DURBAN	1900		N.E.R.	Hull	Sold c.1940
EAST	1913	246	N.E.R.	Hull
JAMES No.63	1922	1232	Bought 1929	London
JOSEPH PHILIP	1914	623	Bought 1937	Dundee
LANDGUARD	1898	691	Bought 1935	Harwich
LANDORE	1913	243	N.E.R.	Hull
MUDHOOK	1903	110	Bought 1924	Lowestoft
MUDLARK	1903	110	Bought 1924	Lowestoft
MUDSUCKER	1897	164	G.E.R.	Lowestoft
N.E.R. No.3	1895	200	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool
N.E.R. No.4	1895	200	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool
N.E.R. No.14	1912	672	N.E.R.	Hull
N.E.R. No.15	1912	672	N.E.R.	Hull
N.E.R. No.19	1900		N.E.R.	Hull
No.2	1883		N.E.R.	Hull	Sold c.1936
ROCKSAND	1913	475	Bought c.1935	London
SANDBANK	1913	475	Bought c.1935	London
TOWARD	1882	390	N.E.R.	Hull	Broken up 1934
TYNE DOCK No.35	1900		N.E.R.	South Shields
TYNE DOCK No.36	1900		N.E.R.	South Shields

Tugs
ACTIVE	1875	58	N.E.R.	Hull	Sold 1943
BARNSLEY	1886	51	Hull & Barnsley	Hull	Sold 1927
BARTON	1891	123	G.C.R.	Hull	Sold 1936
BLANCHE	1883	112	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool	Broken up 1928
CENTRAL No.1	1910	136	G.C.R.	Grimsby	Sold 03/1947
CENTRAL No.2	1912	137	G.C.R.	Grimsby	Sold 1947
CEYLON (ex SEATON)	1899	149	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool
CLARENCE	1893	131	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool	Sold 03/1927
DAUNTLESS	1901	132	N.E.R.	Hull	Broken up 04/1937
DOUGLAS	1905	116	N.E.R.	Hull	Sold 08/1934
FOREMOST 87	1935	163	Bought 1935	Hull
GREATHAM	1893	132	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool	Sold 10/1937
HULL	1898	94	Hull & Barnsley	Hull	Sold 1928
IMPERIAL	1879	64	G.E.R.	Lowestoft	Sold 02/1936
JANNIE	1910	71	G.C.R.	Immingham	Sold 1930s
JONES	1934	126		Hull
LOWESTOFT	1898	172	G.C.R.	Lowestoft
MARPLE	1888	123	G.C.R.	Grimsby	Sold 03/1947
MAY	1875	123	G.E.R.	Lowestoft	Broken up 1930
N.E.R. No.1	1909	174	N.E.R.	South Shields
N.E.R. No.2	1909	173	N.E.R.	South Shields
N.E.R. No.3	1915	177	N.E.R.	Middlesbrough
N.E.R. No.4	1916	177	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool
N.E.R. No.5	1922	161	N.E.R.	South Shields
N.E.R. No.6	1923	190		West Hartlepool
NESS POINT	1937	85		Lowestoft
No.3	1901	41	G.C.R.	Grimsby	Sold c.1924
No.4	1895	38	G.C.R.	Grimsby	Sold c.1924
No.5	1888	39	G.C.R.	Grimsby	Sold c.1938
No.5	1938	46		Grimsby
No.6	1931	49		Grimsby
No.7	1913		G.C.R.	Grimsby
No.8	1913		G.C.R.	Grimsby
No.9	1913		G.C.R.	Grimsby
No.10	1938	46		Grimsby
No.11	1931	49		Grimsby
No.12	1931	49		Grimsby
PETREL	1897	170	North British Steam Packet	Glasgow
PRETTY	1931	107	Bought 1932	Hull
QUEEN	1906	13	Bought 1925	Lowestoft
STEEL	1890	118	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool	Sold 09/1932
TYKE	1914	81	N.E.R.	Hull
WILLIAM GRAY	1911	178	N.E.R.	West Hartlepool

Acknowledgments

Compiled by George Robinson.

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