Former Lamey tug SAMUEL F (ex HORNBY, ex J.H. LAMEY). refitting at Howth boat yard, County Dublin on April 21. She has been sold by McLoughlin of Larne to Mediterranean interests where she will be put to work at a tuna fish farm
SAMUEL F was acquired from the Mersey as HORNBY in 1984. She had been built in 1966 by James Lamont of Port Glasgow in 1966 for Mersey tug operators Lamey, before passing to Alexandra Towing as the HORNBY.
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