| Name: | CHALLENGER |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1873 |
| Builder: | John Readhead and Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 97 |
| Dimensions: | 142grt, 28nrt, 113.5 x 19.2 x 9.6ft; (1907: 153grt, 14nrt) |
| Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (29.5 x 54ins), 98nhp |
| Engines By: | John Readhead and Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 68508 |
| History: | |
| 1873 | Thomas William Elliott, London |
| 1874 | Registered at London |
| 1882 | William Sandford et al, Gravesend |
| 04/1893 | John Page, London |
| 05/1893 | Charles Walton, Thomas D Marshall & Robert Stewart; registered at South Shields |
| 11/1906 | George Robinson, Stephen Lister et al, Middlesbrough |
| 1908 | G Robinson & Co; registered at Middlesbrough |
| 06/1911 | Tees Tug Co Ltd, (William Crosthwaite, manager), Middlesbrough |
| 30/07/1920 | Tees Towing Company Ltd, (Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers), Middlesbrough |
| 21/04/1925 | James Kell, Sunderland |
| 1925 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details |
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner