VANGUARD

(sisterships: RATHGARTH, REAGARTH, RAMSGARTH)
Registered: IMO 6424117 /(GBR)ON 305287 /(IRL)ON 402474
306 GRT, L38,71m(35,51), B9,12m, D3,785m(4,27) (127'0"(116'6")x29'11"x12'5"(14'0"))
1 fpp +dir.nozzle, diesel 4tew 6cyl Mirrlees type KSGMR6, 1300bhp-970kw, sp 11kn, bp 22t

1964 -22/10: Launched by "Richards (Shipbuilders) Ltd" at Lowestoft (YN 478) (keel laid 09/10/1963)
1965 -06/01: delivered to "R. & J.H. Rea Ltd" at London
        (GBR flag, regd Milford, ON 305287, c/s GNXH)
1970: restyled to "Cory Ship Towage Ltd" at London
1977: renamed CAMPAIGNER
        (GBR flag, regd Glasgow)
1985: restyled to "Cory Towage Ltd" at London
1988: To "Irish Tugs Ltd", transferred to Limerick, renamed KENRY
        (IRL flag, ON 402474)
1991 -xx/03: sold for breaking up to S. Evans at Garston
1991 -xx/03: sold by the scrapyard to Ian Metcalf, mng "Carmet Tugs Ltd" at Liverpool, renamed VANGUARD
        (GBR flag, regd Liverpool, ON 305287, c/s GNXH, 296 GT, 88 NT)
1991: sold to "Carmet Tugs Ltd" (Ian Metcalf) at Bromborough
2004 -07/09: filled up and beached on the Island Rona, Hebrides (no victims)
        (working for British Aerospace, on contract to the Royal Navy)