| Name: | R T C SCREW KEEL NO 3 |
| Type: | Screw Keel |
| Launched: | 16/08/1902 |
| Completed: | 1902 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 109 |
| Dimensions: | 139nrt, 79.6 x 25.0 x 9.4ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1902 | Tyne Improvement Commission, Newcastle |
| 1908 | Renamed T I C SCREW KEEL NO 3 |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Also known as R T C WEIGH KEEL NO 3 |
| Used for screwing moorings into the river bed. See article below. | |
| The word "keel" presumably referring to a local term for a dumb river barge |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 19/08/1902
A paper on the use & benefits of screw moorings on the Tyne
Paper read at the Institution of Civil Engineers 1848, courtesy of George Robinson