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Name: CHIEFTAIN
Launched: 25/05/1899
Completed: 08/1899
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 212
Dimensions: 148grt, 1nrt, 108.4 x 18.8 x 9.9ft
Engines: L1cyl (36.25 x 54ins), 99nhp, 500ihp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 111216
History:
07/09/1899 John & Robert H Steel and David Bennie; registered at Glasgow
1903 Steel & Bennie Ltd, Glasgow
1929 Broken up
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Above photo is courtesy of Norman Stewart