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Name: COMMODORE
Launched: 1876
Completed: 05/1876
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 53?
Dimensions: 158grt, 52nrt, 117.9 x 19.6 x 10.5ft
Engines: SL1cyl (40.25 x 56ins), 75nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70252
History:
01/06/1876 Robert Redhead & Son; registered at Newcastle
28/10/1878 The Citizen Steam Towing Co Ltd; registered at Limerick
1882 The Queenstown Towing Co Ltd, Queenstown; registered at Cork
18/05/1885 Wrecked
Comments: 18/05/1885:Aground at Morris Head, near Roberts Cove, Cork


London Daily News, Tuesday, 19th May 1885

Freeman's Journal, Monday, 1st June 1885