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Name: CONQUEST
Launched: 1866
Completed: 07/1866
Builder: Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 72grt, 15nrt, 80.2 x 16.9 x 9.2ft
Engines: 30nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 53331
History:
26/07/1866 Great Yarmouth Standard Steam Tug Co; registered at Yarmouth
1870 Great Yarmouth Standard Steam Tug Co Ltd, Yarmouth
1876 Thomas Johnston, North Shields; registered at North Shields
by 1893 Dorothy A Johnston, North Shields
30/05/1900 Sank
Comments: 30/05/1900: Sank off the Tyne after the hot well burned through the bottom of the boat


Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 30/05/1900