The stripped hull of 1893 Thames tug BRITANNIA ex-T B HEATHORN. Rescued from being scrapped at Erith, Kent

76grt 68.6 x 15.6 x 8.9ft
built 1893 J S Watson, Gainsborough
steam C2cyl 60nhp Edward Young, Millwall

1893 South Metropolitan Gas Light & Coke Co, London as T B HEATHORN
1949 South Eastern Gas Board, London
1956 Greenhithe Lighterage Co Ltd, Greenhithe renamed BRITANNIA
1957 reengined diesel National 360bhp 268kW
1982 Atlas Transport Ltd, London
1983 Greenhithe Salvage Services, Greenhithe
1987 Douglas Steven & Partners (for preservation at Butlers Wharf)
199x Mr. Tears at Rainham for fishing trips
200x Sunk ?
2002 Raised by Bill Blake and taken to Barking Creek
2010s Terrible conversion made very slow progress: see https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/1219790.
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/1561929, https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/1561932
10/2017 towed to EMR shipreaking yard at Erith
8/2018 hull bought by MSO Marine, Brentford, West London. Reported to be "waiting for a project"