Name: | GEORGE CROW |
Launched: | 13/07/1867 |
Completed: | 1867 |
Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 158 |
Dimensions: | 24grt, 15nrt, 68.5 x 10.9 x 4.5ft |
Engines: | L1cyl, 15nhp |
Engines by: | R Stephenson, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81962 |
History: | |
1876 | George Robert Stephenson, Newcastle |
1878 | North British Railway Co, Dundee |
1879 | Registered Granton; renamed JAMES COX |
1884 | Joseph Constant, London |
1887 | WC Middleton, Sligo; registered Sligo; renamed BOWMORE |
1XXX | AJ Middleton, Sligo |
1904 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Originally a tender to Robert Stephenson's yacht NORTHUMBRIA |
Became a Tyne ferry, a fishing vessel & then a tug in later life | |
11/11/1904: Wrecked at Rosses Point, Sligo, Ireland |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 15/07/1867