Name: | GRANITE CITY |
Launched: | 01/11/1882 |
Completed: | 11/1882 |
Builder: | Wouldhave & Johnson, Low Lights, North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 113grt, 8nrt, 95.5 x 18.7 x 10.4ft |
Engines: | S1cyl (34.25 x 52ins), 40nhp |
Engines by: | RB Findley & Son, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 84369 |
History: | |
11/1882 | John Nicol Newton, Aberdeen |
01/03/1883 | Registered at Aberdeen |
06/03/1883 | JN Newton & Helen Taylor, Aberdeen and Robert Newton, Newcastle |
11/01/1897 | JN Newton, H Taylor & Lancelot Newton, Aberdeen and R Newton, Newcastle |
12/01/1898 | John N Newton, Helen Taylor & Lancelot Newton, Aberdeen |
1914 | Richard Taylor, Aberdeen |
02/1921 | CW Robinson, Middlesbrough |
1921 | Tees Towing Co Ltd, (Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers), Middlesbrough |
03/1922 | Kirton & Foster, Newcastle |
13/08/1927 | Sank |
Comments: | Robert Newton dies and Surtees Newton, Newcastle appointed trustee |
03/1922: Sold for breaking up but was put to further use | |
13/08/1927: Foundered at Blaydon Buoys, River Tyne | |
Thanks to David Asprey and George Wood for the above details |
Above photo is copyright of John H Proud
Above photo is copyright of Aberdeen University
Above photo is copyright of Aberdeen University
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 01/11/1882