| Name: | BEN LEDI |
| Launched: | 03/10/1878 |
| Completed: | 1878 |
| Builder: | Hall Russell & Co, Aberdeen |
| Yard Number: | 213 |
| Dimensions: | 114grt, 10nrt, 90.0 x 18.6 x 10.2ft |
| Engines: | SL2cyl (25 & 25 x 48ins), 50nhp, 185ihp |
| Engines by: | Hall Russell & Co, Aberdeen |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79641 |
| History: | |
| 28/10/1878 | JF Gibb; registered at London |
| 1882 | John Nicol Newton, Aberdeen |
| 1883 | Registered at Aberdeen |
| 1886 | Robert Lumley Cook et al, Sunderland |
| 04/1891 | Ayr Harbour Trustees; registered at Ayr |
| 02/1897 | Joseph & Charles Rennoldson, South Shields |
| 05/1897 | Robert Redhead & Mark H Redhead; registered at Newcastle |
| 05/1903 | Mark H Redhead, Newcastle and Susannah White, Streatham |
| 05/1915 | Josephine Redhead, Low Fell and Susannah White, Streatham |
| 06/1916 | Robert Redhead & Son Ltd, Newcastle |
| 08/1929 | Redhead & Dry's Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1935 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 08/1914 to 09/1915: Hired by the Admiralty |
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BEN LEDI with funnel down, approaching Newcastle Swing Bridge
Photo is copyright of Newcastle City Library