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Name: DIAMOND
Launched: 18/06/1897
Completed: 1897
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 192
Dimensions: 36grt, 8nrt, 56.4 x 13.6 x 6.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (8 & 16 x 10ins), 12nhp, 60ihp
Engines by: Escreet & Co, Burton-on-Stather
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109383
History:
1898 John Thomas Crampton; registered at Portsmouth
1906 Harry Albert Crampton, Portsmouth
1922 Harry D Gilbert, Portsmouth
by 1927 Henry G Pounds, Portsmouth
by 1928 Frederick Goldring, Portsmouth
No later history known
Comments: Built as a passenger / towing launch
1906: John Thomas Crampton died
08/1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty for Harbour/Dockyard services
1919: Harry Albert Crampton died
01/1920: Returned to owners
1947: Still listed in MNL


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