The tug ‘Criccieth’ c1920s/1930s

A photographic print.

Built as ‘Conqueror’ in 1905 by Cox & Co. of Falmouth for Swansea Steam Tug Co., Swansea. Hired by the Admiralty as a boom defence vessel from 1915 until 1920. In 1920, she was sold to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co. Ltd. of Newcastle and renamed ‘Criccieth’. Broken up in 1958.