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Name: HERCULES
Launched: 06/08/1877
Completed: 1877
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co, Low Walker
Yard Number: 352
Dimensions: 271grt, 97nrt, 142.2 x 22.1 x 12.1ft
Engines: L2cyl (40 & 40 x 66ins), 150nhp; (1891: 2 x C2cyl (23 & 46 x 48ins), 150nhp)
Engines by: Thompson & Co, Newcastle; (1891: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd)
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1877 Adrian David Zur Muhlan, Amsterdam; trading as Firma Zurmühlen, Ijmuiden
18XX Paul van Vlissingen, Den Helder; trading as:
Stoombootreederij voor het Slepen van Schepen aan het Nieuwediep, IJmuiden
1919 Broken up
Comments: 09/08/1886: Collided with and sank ram-ship SCHORPIOEN at Amsterdam
1891: Re-engined by Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
1914: Served as a research ship for the Dutch Royal Marine
1919 Broken up by Frank Rijsdijk at Hendrik Ido Ambacht


Above photo is courtesy of Jan Zwart