Brent Brook - 1948

[Whickham]

BRENT BROOK was built by Henry Scarr at Hessle for River Lighterage in 1948, YN 599
In 1971 she was converted into a push tug for Huntemann AuH of Hamburg and renamed LOEWE.
She is still in service.

As BRENT BROOK when owned by River Lighterage. Photographer unknown.

As BRENT BROOK when owned by WJR Whitehair. Photographer unknown.

As BRENT BROOK when owned by Union Lighterage. Photographer unknown.

As LOEWE when owned by Huntemann. Photographer Florian Horch.

[tidesman]

BRENT BROOK (1948 – 1965)
O.N. 182895. 68g. 68.0 x 19.5 x 7.4 feet.
As built: 7-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (230 x 420mm) Polar M471 type by British Polar Engines Ltd., Glasgow. 520 BHP. 10 knots. 5.8 tons bollard pull.
Post 1973: 8-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. undisclosed make of diesel . 1,080 BHP.
8.9.1948: Launched by Henry Scarr Ltd., Hessle (Yard No. 599) for the River Lighterage Co. Ltd., (Stephenson Clarke Ltd. managers), London.
17.11.1948: Registered at London; Vessel No. 362 of 1948.
11.1948: Completed.
1965: Sold to W.J.R. Whitehair Ltd., London.
196?: Sold to Union Lighterage Co. Ltd., London.
1971: Sold to A. and H. Huntemann, Hamburg, renamed LOWE.
1973: Converted for pushing by Schiffswerft Johann Oelkers KG., Hamburg-Neuhof.
1973: Re-engined.
1996: Sold to Carl Robert Eckelmann, Hamburg.
2005: Still in service but no further details