Scale: 1:48. Builder's full hull model representing the 'Danube V' and 'Danube VI' (both 1935), tugs. It is a superb model of a perennially popular subject among modelmakers, particularly among working model enthusiasts. The example here is very fine with its gold-plated fittings, applied penwork to the superstructure, intricately made fittings and virtually flawless paintwork.

The ‘Danube V’ and ‘Danube VI’ were designed for the Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Company for their own business, and built by Cochrane & Sons, Selby, and measured 110 feet in length and just over 240 gross registered tons. Both tugs were a common sight on the River Thames and approaches to it.

During the Second World War ‘Danube V’ towed the Mulberry Harbour units and ‘Danube VI’ took part in the D-Day landings. Both tugs became the property of Westminster Dredging Ltd., in 1965, and were scrapped three years later in Belgium.