Name: | CENTRAL NO 2 |
Launched: | 02/02/1912 |
Completed: | 03/1912 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 287 |
Dimensions: | 137grt, 0nrt, 92.2 x 21.1 x 10.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 43 x 27ins), 66rhp |
Engines by: | Baird Bros, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 132122 |
History: | |
20/03/1912 | Great Central Railway Co; registered at Grimsby |
01/01/1923 | Transferred to the London & North Eastern Railway Co Ltd |
21/03/1947 | Tees Towing Co Ltd (Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers), Middlesbrough |
1947 | Registered at Middlesbrough; renamed TEMPLE CROSS |
1949 | Managed by William Crosthwaite & Son, Middlesbrough |
25/04/1962 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1914: On Admiralty service assigned pennant W11 |
1919: Returned to owners | |
21/03/1947: Cost £2,750 | |
25/04/1962: Sold for breaking up at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Rotterdam |
Above photo as TEMPLE CROSS courtesy of Peter Sommerville