 The tug "Bristol Scout" was the only order before World War I, when three of the company's tugs were requisitioned by the Port Examination Service, with the larger "John Payne" seeing service in the Dardanelles in Turkey.A large tug of 134t was ordered by the Admiralty late in the war, and was completed after the armistice as the "West Winch" and bought by the company.Both the "John Payne" and "West Winch" were later sold to C.J.