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Name: CHARLES DICKENS
Launched: 1872
Completed: 03/1872
Builder: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 74
Dimensions: 121grt, 103.2 x 18.3 x 10.1ft
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl (28 x 48ins), 55nhp
Engines By: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65662
History:
06/03/1872 Joseph Martin et al, Gravesend; registered at London
1879 Alfred Tolhurst, Gravesend
05/1880 Tees Conservancy Commissioners; registered at Stockton-on-Tees
12/1903 Florence Tugboat & Salvage Co, Middlesbrough
1904 Linthorpe Dinsdale Smelting Co, Middlesbrough
10/1905 F & JT Batey and R Armstrong, Newcastle
06/1906 Transferred to J Batey & Son Ltd
05/1915 Broken up
Comments: 05/1915: Broken up on the Tyne


Above photo is courtesy of Eddie Frost