Name: John King
Ex:1936 JOHN KING, 1970 PETER LEIGH, 1978 PRIDE, 1992 DURDHAM, 1996 JOHN KING
Operator:"C. & J. King & Sons Ltd", Bristol
Registered: LR47-48:09168 /LR50-51:64536 /LR56-57:65220 /LR60-61:66473 /LR66-67:517390
(GBR)ON 163865
49 GRT
Loa: 19,81m, B 5,18m, D: 2,16m (65.0'(55'0")x17.0'x7.11'(8'6"))
Hull: steel,
Machinery: 1 scr, diesel 2tew 4cyl Petter, 300bhp
re-engined 1962 diesel 4tew 6cyl Lister-Blackstone, 337bhp-224kW

JOHN KING
1935: Launched by "Charles Hill & Sons Ltd" at Bristol (GBR) (YN 238)
1936 -xx/02: delivered to "Alarm Steam Tug Co Ltd", mng "C.J. King & sons Ltd" at Bristol (GBR)(GBR flag, ON 163865)
194x: restyled to "Sea King Steam Tug Co Ltd", mng "C.J. King & sons Ltd" at Bristol (GBR)(worked the City Docks and River Avon for CJ King until 1970, last job was shunting the GREAT BRITAIN into her dry dock)
1962: re-engined diesel 4tew 6cyl Lister-Blackstone, 337bhp-224kW
1970: To "F.A. Ashmead & Son Ltd" at Bristol (GBR), renamed PETER LEIGH(working on the log barge run from Avonmouth to Lydney until 1976)
1976: To private owner
1978: To private owner, renamed PRIDE
1992: To private owner, renamed DURDHAM
1994: To the "Bristol Industrial Museum", Princes Wharf at Bristol (GBR), for preservation
1996: re-renamed JOHN KING
2000: restoration finished, run in the docks for passenger trips
2005: Still in existence

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