There was 182 built numbered up to 183 but no number 13 as it was considered an unlucky number. Good history at this link http://www.steamtugbrent.org/history-of-tid-class-tugs.html
It makes a lovely model tug and i will have to build one some day.

Great model, nice to see the crew working.
Cheers Colin.

"No mention of her ever being named Ipswich!"
Silly me!🙄
Of course Ipswich is not her name - that's her home port, where she is apparently being restored now.
Cheers, Doug 😎

You have purchased a very nice model, well done.

Martin555.

Hi OMC,
"TID 172 was built by Henry Scarr Ltd, Hessle, (which had been taken over by Dunston) and completed in 1946. ...."
https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/71/tid-172

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TID_172_(tugboat,_1946)

No mention of her ever being named Ipswich! Poetic license on the part of the modeller😉
Happy tugging😊
Cheers, Doug 😎

Nice model of a TID, well worth buying even if she wasn't named after your home town.

Cheers, Nerys