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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