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Name: GEORGE V
Launched: 04/08/1910
Completed: 09/1910
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Low Walker
Yard Number: 831
Dimensions: 188grt, 2nrt, 100.0 x 23.2 x 11.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 41 x 27ins), 85nhp, 750ihp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129759
History:
09/1910 Mark H Readhead, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1911 MH Readhead & SH White (t/a Robert Redhead & Son), Newcastle
03/1914 Government of Russia; renamed SALVAGE STEAMER NO 2
1914 Renamed SPASATELNYY NO 2
19XX Renamed NARGEN or NARKEN
No further history known
Comments: c1916: lengthened to 103.5ft


Above image courtesy of Eddie Frost

Above photo courtesy of John Forsyth

Above image courtesy of Eddie Frost