| Name: | ELECTRIC |
| Launched: | 25/01/1864 |
| Completed: | 03/1864 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 25 |
| Dimensions: | 395grt, 201nrt, 162.3 x 26.0 x 14.2ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (32 & 32 x 72ins), 180nhp |
| Engines By: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | Paddle, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 45632 |
| History: | |
| 03/03/1864 | Apcar & Co, Calcutta; registered at Shields |
| 1864 | Registered at Calcutta |
| 1876 | Hooghly River & Coasting Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Calcutta |
| 1885 | Clive Steam Tug Co (Gladstone Wyllie, managers), Calcutta |
| 1893 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Fitted with 2 x horizontal oscillating engines |
| Contract price £11,500; Profit £1568 | |
| 08/03/1864: Sailed from the Tyne for Calcutta, towing 17 keels loaded with 400 tons of coal | |
| 1877: Fitted with a new deck | |
| 28/05/1886: In collision with the pilot brig STAR OF GERMANY in the Hooghly, | |
| ELECTRIC was found to be at fault due to the high speed at which she approached the pilot |
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 30/01/1864