Name: | ADMIRAL |
Launched: | 1876 |
Completed: | 10/1876 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 54 |
Dimensions: | 102grt, 26nrt, 96.5 x 18.1 x 9.4ft; (1885: 12nrt) |
Engines: | SL1cyl (35 x 51ins), 40nhp |
Engines by: | TR Scott & Co, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 70421 |
History: | |
06/10/1876 | John & Dorothy Anderson, Robert Chater & John Turnbull, North Shields |
1878 | George Drover, Cowes, Isle of Wight; registered at Liverpool |
1882 | JHW Culliford & A Irwing, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
04/1883 | Inverness Steam Trawlers Co Ltd, Inverness; registered at Inverness |
09/1888 | John S & David S Wilson, Charlestown, Fife, registered at Bo'ness |
01/1890 | John S & Elizabeth Wilson, Charlestown |
09/1895 | John S Wilson, Charlestown |
1917 | Lawson Steam Tug-Boat Co Ltd, South Shields |
02/07/1918 | Sunk |
Comments: | 02/07/1918: Captured by U-Boat & sunk by gunfire 2 miles N of Flamborough Head |
while towing two lighters laden with coal for Boulogne |
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey