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Name: EMPRESS
Launched:
Completed: 04/1865
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 91grt, 30nrt, 89.4 x 18.1 x 9.4ft
Engines: 36nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 49766
History:
1865 William Bengall et al, North Shields; registered at Shields
1869 John Thomas Gibson et al, North Shields
1877 Tyne Tug Co Ltd, South Shields; registered at South Shields
1890 Archibald Wilson, Felling Shore
09/1892 George B Turner, Grimsby; registered at Grimsby
1897 Joseph C Cooper, Grimsby
No further history known
Comments: 1899: Register closed