Name: | EDDYSTONE |
Launched: | 1877 |
Completed: | 08/1877 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 66 |
Dimensions: | 82grt, 12nrt, 87.6 x 17.3 x 8.8ft |
Engines: | SL1cyl (31.5 x 48ins), 40nhp |
Engines by: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 77202 |
History: | |
24/08/1877 | CO Young, JR Christie and CW Christie; registered at Cardiff |
19/02/1884 | Thomas John Robson, Gateshead & Matthew Dent, Jarrow |
19/02/1884 | Registered at Newcastle |
03/02/1894 | Matthew, Edward & Thomas Dent and Edward Wilson, Newcastle |
31/05/1895 | Henry Hunter Doeg, North Shields |
15/06/1895 | John George Lambton (The Earl of Durham), Lambton Castle, Co Durham |
22/08/1896 | The Lambton Collieries Ltd, Newcastle |
04/10/1907 | Roert Bone Stewart, South Shields |
1920 | Converted to a river lighter |
Comments: | Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo showing HETTON, EDDYSTONE & UNITED (L-R) is courtesy of Eddie Frost