Name: | EARL OF JERSEY |
Launched: | 19/01/1886 |
Completed: | 04/1886 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 131 |
Dimensions: | 133grt, 14nrt, 108.0 x 18.5 x 9.8ft; (1890: 145grt, 25nrt, 108.0 x 18.6 x 9.7ft) |
Engines: | L1cyl (36.25 x 54ins), 80nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 89205 |
History: | |
13/04/1886 | Martin & Marquand (Hilary B Marquand, manager); registered at Cardiff |
29/11/1898 | Sank |
Comments: | Operated as a tug and provided cruises up and down the Bristol Channel |
29/11/1898: Foundered in the Bristol Channel near Lundy Island after striking a rock |
Cardiff Times, Saturday, 03/12/1898