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Name: BARTON
Launched: 25/03/1891
Completed: 06/1891
Builder: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Yard Number: 453
Dimensions: 123grt, 23nrt, 96.5 x 19.3 x 8.6ft
Engines: 2 x C2cyl (13 & 25 x 22ins), 53rhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 98750
History:
1891 Manchester, Sheffield & Lincs Railway Co; registered at Hull
1897 Great Central Railway Co, Manchester
1922 London & North Eastern Railway Co, London
1936 South Stockton Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Stockton
12/03/1936 Wrecked
Comments: 12/03/1936: Wrecked on coast near Seaham Harbour


Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes