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Name of Vesselin Fowey Pendennick

Call sign GOHY 

Previous Names Dunelm

Year Built 11/64Sunderland

1965

OfficialNumber

IMO 

305311

6418194 G.R.T. 132

Builders Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd

Length Beam Draft

Dimensions

90’ 23’9” 11’3”

Engines Ruston HornsbyBHP 970 IHP 1167

Bollard pull 14.5 t

Owners Built for Tyne Tugs Ltd, South Shields

History Before Coming to FoweyYear1977

Until 1988

France FenwickLawson Batey TugsLtd,South Shields

Tyne & Wear Tugs LtdOperated in Sunderland

Owners in Fowey 18 Mar 88 Fowey HarbourCommissioners

£55000

History on Leaving Fowey 09-11-2008 Sold to Matt Ward£75000

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PICTURES

Sideways Launching of Dunhelm in Hessle on theHumber near the road bridge in 1964

Dunelm in Refit in Sunderland.White funnel part of repaint for Fenwick Colours

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Dunelm with the France Fenwick funnelBlue and white stripped with anchor on it

Towing Jade II the 118SD14 at Austin and Pickersgillin May 1980

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 Dunelm and Wearsider

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Standing bye to take bow as Tugs Prestwick and Marsden towNOISIRA LIN from Pallion on Wearside

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Towing the RIVERBANK From the Pallion in May built bySunderland ship builders

Dunelm tows the first Ship to be built in the new covered Pallion inMay 1976. The dock was flooded and then the tugs were able to

tow the 16300 DWT CEDARBANK when the in thedock

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 Tied up in Sunderland dock

Laid up in the South Dock in Sunderland

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 In drydock in Sunderland

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WEARSIDER Skipper

Jim Dobson on theright and Mate IvorSwinhoe with DUNELMalongside In December1986 when it wasannounced thatcoal shipments wouldcease from Sunderland.

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Dunelm alongside Westsider in Sunderland wet dock In 1988

Ships Lifeboat now stored ashore at FHC’s Yard at Brazen Island Polruan

With white Upper works

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The France Fenwickfunnel and House flag

Lawson Batey funneland house flagAnd original companyheader

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 Dunelm Arriving in Fowey on 18th March 1988

Escorted into port for the first time by Tregeagle

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John Burgess, Nathan Perkin, Ken Porter and engineer Fran Crapp

Acting as the “drag tug” on the bow as the ship is towed stern firstback to

berth

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 As drag tug through narrows between Bodinnick and Caffa

Mill just north of car ferry

Moving a 2 tug size ship at low water north of Pottery Cornertowards Caffa Mill

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Maneuvering the cargo Ship m.v. Tistadal on to No 4 jetty

Approaching Bodinnick Towing the m.v. Katrin

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 On the Harbour Commissioners slipway At Brazen Island, Polruan

ready for launching after slipping maintenance

At the bottom of the slipway waiting for the tide to make to refloat.FHC workboat moored on sea wall.

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Turning the single tug ship m.v. GUNDEM 2 in the lower harbourswing ground off town quay

Turning the Cruise Liner m.v Silver Wind prior to sailing

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assisting berthing the cruise liner “ The World

Going alongside the m.v. Clary to secure for’d in the harbour entrance

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 Turning in the harbour mouth having escorted ship to sea

Pendennick passing Treffry on way to meet ship

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Leading Tregeagle out

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Engineer Fran Crapp polishing the Builders name Plate

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Bridge on the Pendennick steering wheel, binnacle and port side enginecontrols and steering tiller

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Starboard side bridgecontrols

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Looking down on top of Ruston engine from door from

accommodation

Port side of main Engine

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 Homeward bound

Outline drawing Of Pendennick

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The Dunelm was one of the tugs serving the port of Sunderland when it was in it’s hey day both forexports of coal and shipbuilding and repair .The port at this time was often described as theGreatest ship building town in the world.

The Dunelm attended the launching of almost all the 126 SD14’s that were built and launched intothe River Wear and the sea. Tugs on the Wear were kept very busy during the period Dunelmserved the port .One of her first jobs was to act as relief for the tenders to the first oil rig into theNorth Sea “Mr Cap” some 220 miles off Sunderland.

Since her arrival in Fowey and until the end of 2006 she has carried out 4047 towage movements.

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