Tyne tug Conqueror Query Hurworth Hutton Cross 1897

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Name:	CONQUEROR
Launched:	20/10/1896
Completed:	02/1897
Builder:	JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number:	188
Dimensions:	224grt, 37nrt, 131.0 x 21.7 x 10.0ft; (1919: 89nrt); (1922: 199grt, 79nrt)
Engines:	2 x SL1cyl (31.25 x 58ins), 150nhp, 750ihp
Engines By:	Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion:	Paddle
Construction:	Iron
Reg Number:	108177

History:
02/1897	William Henry Sandford & Thomas George Sandford et al, Gravesend
01/1902	John Page, William Henry Sandford, Thomas George Sandford et al, London
08/1919	Jersey Steam Shipping Co Ltd (JK Morris, manager), St Helier; registered at Jersey
06/1922	Edward Rolland McNab, Edinburgh; registered at Kirkcaldy
1922	Kirk Deas & Co, Leith
10/1923	William Smart Taylor, Dunblane
05/1924	John Fenton (A Walker, manager), Edinburgh
1924	Stanley Butler Steamship Co Ltd, Kirkcaldy
05/1924	John Fenton, Edinburgh
28/04/1925	Tees Towing Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (WH Crosthwaite, manager); renamed HURWORTH
30/08/1927	Renamed HUTTON CROSS; registered at Middlesbrough
08/1934	Broken up

Comments:	Classed as a tug/tender/yacht
	1902: Operated as if part of Elliot Steam Tug Co (Dick & Page tugs)
	1902: Used as excursion steamer during summer
	10/1914 to 08/11/1914: Hired by the War Office
	09/11/1916: On Admiralty service at Dunkerque
	02/1918: Renamed QUERY for Admiralty use only
	18/02/1919: Returned to owner & reverted to name CONQUEROR
	1921: Operated as tug/tender in the Firth of Forth
	28/04/1925: Cost £1850
	08/1934: Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston, Gateshead