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Name: GREATHAM
Launched: 15/05/1893
Completed: 1893
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 149
Dimensions: 132grt, 10nrt, 95.0 x 19.1 x 9.8ft
Engines: 2 x L1cyl (28 x 50ins), 350ihp, 75nhp, 10.25kts
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 102703
History:
1893 North Eastern Railway Co, York
1893 Registered at West Hartlepool
01/1923 Transferred to London & North Eastern Railway Co
10/1937 Blyth Tug Co Ltd; registered at Blyth
05/1958 Broken up
Comments: 1893: Cost £5,450
1937: Cost £675
05/1958: Sold to British Iron & Steel Corporation for £650
14/05/1958: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd


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