| Name: | GOLIATH |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1846 |
| Builder: | Stephen Wood, South Shore, Gateshead |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 119grt, 44nrt, 103.0 x 17.3 x 10.0ft |
| Engines: | Grasshopper type, 75nhp |
| Engines By: | W Hawks, Gateshead |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 4374 |
| History: | |
| 09/12/1846 | Shipowners' Towing Co; registered at London |
| 29/12/1856 | Alexander, John & William Mace and George Brook, Poplar |
| 12/1856 | T Chalis, Holloway, London (Mortgagee) |
| 03/1860 | Total Loss |
| Comments: | Believed to have been involved in the laying of the first undersea telegraph cable |
| between England & France in 1850. | |
| There is no doubt that the tug involved laying the cable was named GOLIAT or GOLIATH and this one is generally regarded as the most likely candidate. | |
| See www.atlantic-cable.com | |
Above: GOLIATH laying the cross channel cable. Copyright www.atlantic-cable.com