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Name: CLYDE
Launched: 1882
Completed: 02/1883
Builder: T & W Toward, St Lawrence, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 164grt, 56nrt, 116.0 x 20.2 x 10.3ft; (1889: 163grt, 70nrt); (1890: 174grt, 56nrt);
(1917: 186grt, 130nrt, 115.6 x 20.2 x 10.1ft); (1924: 188grt, 99nrt)
Engines: L1cyl (38 x 58ins), 60nhp; (1917: 2 x oil engines, 2SCSA, 4cyl (5.75 x 7ins), 10nhp)
Engines by: George P Hepple, North Shields; (1917: Gleniffer Motors Ltd, Glasgow)
Propulsion: Paddle; (1913: Sail, rigged as a Schooner); (1917: 2 x Screws)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82960
History:
02/03/1883 Britannia Steam Shipping Co, Scarborough; registered at Scarborough
1890 Thomas McM Heywood, Cardiff
1892 James G Bridges, Leith; registered at Leith
1913 Matthew Kirton, Newburn-on-Tyne
1917 Marine Navigation Co of Canada Ltd, Montreal
1917 Registered at Montreal; renamed GARTHCLYDE
1924 Mrs Mary M Shove, Hassocks, Sussex; registered at London
192X John D Sullivan, Westcliff-on-Sea
193X Edith I Gurnett, Grays
No later history known
Comments: 1883: Initially operated as a paddle trawler & later as a tug
1890: Britannia Steam Shipping Co went into liquidation
1913: Engine removed & rigged as a schooner
1917: Rebuilt with two auxilliary oil engines
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details