Name: | CONDUCTOR |
Launched: | 1879 |
Completed: | 01/1880 |
Builder: | Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 82 |
Dimensions: | 150grt, 31nrt, 117.6 x 19.6 x 10.3ft; (1892: 165grt, 10nrt); (1914: 165grt, 63nrt) |
Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (30.5 x 54ins), 90nhp; (1892: 62nhp, 11.5knots) |
Engines by: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81606 |
History: | |
17/01/1880 | William Hepple, South Shields; registered at London |
01/1880 | John Mitchell, Gravesend |
07/1880 | Frederico G Burnay, Lisbon; registered at Lisbon |
19/05/1892 | Sunshine Steam Tug Co (Adolph Gottschalk & Joseph Stuart managers), Liverpool |
19/05/1892 | Registered at Liverpool |
03/1901 | The Steam Tug Conductor Ltd (Adolph Gottschalk & Joseph Stuart managers), Liverpool |
03/1914 | Joseph John King & Sons Ltd, Garston |
06/1914 | William Cooper & Sons Ltd, Widnes |
1929 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1881: Stationed at Lisbon, Portugal |
29/12/1899: Beached at Egremont, Wallasey, on the Wirral, following a collision | |
02/01/1900: Refloated and placed in Clover’s Dry Dock at Birkenhead | |
01/1923: Converted to a dumb dredging barge (151grt, 131nrt) |
Above photo is copyright of FC Gould
Above photo is copyright of the Navy Museum, Lisbon
Above painting is by Luís Ascêncio Tomasini