This tug was somewhat unique in the Clyde Shipping Company fleet in that she was built in 1959 outside the UK by the F. Schichau GMBH shipyard at Bremerhaven in Germany.This shipyard specialised in the construction of trawlers, tugs, ferries and ships of up to 8,000 tons. Possibly this was occasioned by fact that suitable UKbuilders were busy or some favourable cr edit terms were available at the time.
