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Name: EMPRESS
Launched: 22/03/1897
Completed: 04/1897
Builder: Edwards Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 558
Dimensions: 67grt, 2nrt, 75.8 x 16.1 x 8.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (15 & 30 x 20ins), 35nhp, 200ihp
Engines by: Edwards Brothers, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 108005
History:
04/1897 John T Crampton, Landport, Hampshire; registered at Portsmouth
1901 Managed by JT Crampton & Co, Portsmouth
04/11/1906 Harry A Crampton (JT Crampton & Co), Portsmouth
07/08/1919 Charles H Campbell (CH Campbell & Co), London
29/11/1927 CH Campbell Ltd, London
1928 Broken up
Comments: 08/1902: For sale by JT Crampton "now employed on Lough Swilly"
01/09/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for service at Portsmouth
14/05/1919: Returned to owners
14/02/1928: British Register closed as "sold for breaking up"


Northern Whig, Wednesday, 27/08/1902