History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Mayflower |
Port of registry | Gloucester |
Builder | Stothert & Marten |
Cost | £1,000 |
Launched | 18 May 1861 |
In service | 1861 |
Out of service | 1964 |
Refit | 1899, 1922 |
Identification | UK official number 105412 |
Status | Museum ship in Bristol Harbour |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steam tug |
Tonnage | 32 GRT |
Length | 63.3 ft (19.3 m) |
Beam | 12.0 ft (3.7 m) |
Depth | 7.2 ft (2.2 m) |
Installed power | 30 hp |
Propulsion | Compound steam engine |
Mayflower is a steam tug built in Bristol in 1861 and now preserved by Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives. She is based in Bristol Harbour at M Shed (formerly Bristol Industrial Museum). She is the oldest Bristol-built ship afloat, and is believed to be the oldest surviving tug in the world.[1]