Mayflower (tugboat)

History
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]