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Name: FIERY CROSS
Launched: 06/1873
Completed: 10/1873
Builder: Richard Stobbs, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 105grt, 30nrt, 93.7 x 19.1 x 9.8ft
Engines: L1cyl (35 x 50ins); 45nhp
Engines by: TR Scott & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 63028
History:
03/10/1873 Robert Stephenson Allen et al, South Shields; registered at South Shields
07/1890 Charles Dyble et al, North Shields
1895 Tees Tug & Lighter Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
11/1899 Eusebius Derwent, Middlesbrough (t/a East Coast Tug & Lighter Co)
11/1899 Registered at Middlesbrough
06/1907 Broken up
Comments: 02/1907: Sank on the River Tees at Newport High Wharf
Subsequently refloated
06/1907: Broken up at Hylton on the River Wear