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Name: HERCULES
Launched: 24/06/1873
Completed: 1873
Builder: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Yard Number: 30
Dimensions: 216grt, 90nrt, 113.4 x 22.7 x 11.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (20 & 39 x 30ins), 60nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 65475
History:
29/08/1873 Charles Thomas Bennett, Bristol; registered at North Shields
09/1873 Newfoundland Screw Steam Tug Co, St John's, Newfoundland
1886 Daniel Condon & Michael Tobin, St John's, Newfoundland
1890 The 'Hercules' Steamship Co Ltd, St John's, Newfoundland
19/01/1893 Burnt
Comments: 17/11/1886: Wrecked but subsequently salvaged & sold
19/01/1893: Destroyed by fire at Burin, Newfoundland
Still listed in MNL until 1940 at least
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details