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Esso Reading (Tug) - (1954-1966)
"Esso Reading", Motor Tug.
"Esso Reading".
Tug build in 1953 by W.J. Yarwood & Sons, Northwich, Cheshire, as "Silverclad (2)".
Measurements: Lenght 76 Feet (oa), 19 feet 6 inches breadth, 77 Gross tons.
Crossley diesel engine, 10 knots.
1-1954 Delivered to Esso Petroleum Co Ltd., London. Named "Esso Reading".
1966 sold as "Silverclad", (Silvertown Services Ltd.)
1971 "Kokota", (J.P. Knight Ltd, Rochester)
1973 (H. Pounds, Portsmouth). Laid up.
1977 "Chrianie IV", (Cristiani & Nielsen).
1982 Believed in service in Far East. No further trace.
Sistership is "Esso Greenwich", 1953.
"Esso Reading" in a later guise.