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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