| Name: | CONTEST |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1865 |
| Builder: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 2 |
| Dimensions: | 87grt; 34nrt, 88.4 x 17.2 x 8.9ft |
| Engines: | L2cyl, 50nhp; (1875: 2 x SL1cyl (25 x 45ins), 60nhp) |
| Engines By: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields; (1875: J Readhead & Co, South Shields) |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 54668 |
| History: | |
| 1865 | Thomas W Elliott, London; registered at London |
| 1882 | George Drover, Cowes |
| 12/1883 | John T Davison, North Shields; registered at North Shields |
| 02/1886 | H Fenwick & T Lawson, North Shields |
| 1886 | John R Thompson & Robert Young, South Shields |
| 1888 | George Brown, John Readhead et al, South Shields; registered at South Shields |
| 07/1923 | Owners restyled as The Brown Tug Co Ltd |
| 04/1930 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Some sources say completed in 1866 |
| 1875 Re-engined by John Readhead & Co | |
| 04/1930: Broken up on River Tyne |
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