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Name: FLORENCE
Launched: 27/03/1879
Completed: 05/1879
Builder: Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 77
Dimensions: 137grt, 41nrt, 113.8 x 19.2 x 9.9ft
Engines: SL1cyl (37 x 54ins), 65nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81451
History:
19/05/1879 Havelock & Co (JHW Culliford et al); registered at Sunderland
1881 Joseph Siddell, Sunderland
by 1887 William W Douglas, Sunderland
1890 Coulson Douglas, Sunderland
08/1898 Sarah Johnson, Sunderland
04/1899 Thomas Moore, Sunderland
02/1904 TP Rayson Sunderland
05/1905 William Slater; registered at Middlesbrough
No later history known
Comments: Vessel was a sub-contract from JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
1879: Allocated fishing registration number SD11 at Sunderland
05/1905: Converted to towing lighter