StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: tug

The "Herbert Ballam" appears to be the harbour tug for the Port of Poole.

Quite a crowd of people have come to watch the new IoMSP ferry "Manxman" as she berths on the Edward VIII pier in Douglas Harbour, July 2023. She is carrying Captain Stephen Carter, the senior pilot for Douglas, in his last official engagement before retirement. . The little vessel with red funnel is the tug from the "Laxey Towing Co." and owned by Captain Stephen Carter. . Not my Image : fair use & public information

Window display at the offices of the Laxey Towing Company, North Quay, Douglas. LTC supply harbour pilots, carry out marine salvage etc en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxey_Towing_Company The model on the right is the tug "Salisbury" which was acquired circa 1982. On the left is a Paddler [paddle steamer] "Lonan" is on the bows. Not quite sure how this vessel fits into LTC history as paddlers were almost extinct when the company started up in the 1970s ... although speaking historically, paddlers were used on "packet" services - the St.George, wrecked on Conister Ilse in 1830 is depicted as a paddler on the "lifeboat memorial" in the memorial garden on the promenade.

{JU 84 AA} Douglas Super-taskmaster aircraft tug [also used a push-back tractor] Powered by 4-cylinder Perkins engine, Max draw bar pull: 26.46 KN. Nominal trailed mass: 27,500 kg. Vehicle mass: 6,000 kg. This example was built in 2000, and served in Afganistan, before being donated to the Imperial War Museum. It arrived at SAM in 2020.

Looks like an aircraft tug to me, dating from WW2. [or possibly the tug for towing out bomb trollies ?] -/- Turns out, from a little extra research, that it was both an aircraft tug, but also towed bomb trollies and other freight. The tricycle format probably gave it some extra manoeuvrability. Built by a division of Clark Equipment, in the USA, during WW2. The firm still exists, building forklifts.

Part of the controls & instruments - their locations, anyway - for the little three-wheel "tug" that was on display outside the buildings for the car museum. The plate at the top right indicates that this "CLARKAT" was built by Clark Trucktractor, a Division of Clark Equipment, Battle creek, Michigan, USA. [who still exist, making forklifts !] The other plate states that it was reconditioned by Stewart Bros (London) of Reigate, Surrey. Neither plate appears to be dated.