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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