PS John H Amos

John H Amos in 1988
History
United Kingdom
Name	John H Amos
Owner	Tees Conservancy Commissioners
Port of registry	Middlesbrough London
Ordered	1931
Builder	Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley, Scotland
Cost	£18,500
Yard number	497
Launched	26 December 1930
In service	1931
Homeport	Chatham, Kent
Status	Non-operational, on barge
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	202 tons
Length	110 ft (34 m)
Beam	22.5 ft (6.9 m) (paddle to paddle) 43 ft (13 m)
Installed power	Nominal Horsepower: 126hp Indicated Horsepower: 500hp
Propulsion	2 diagonal compound engines with Bremme valve gear
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Crew	6

John H Amos is a paddlewheel tugboat built in Scotland in 1931. The last paddlewheel tug built for private owners, now owned by the Medway Maritime Trust. She is one of only two surviving British-built paddle tugs, the other being Eppleton Hall preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.^[1]