Name: | HERCULES |
Launched: | 1893 |
Completed: | 1893 |
Builder: | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull |
Yard Number: | 99 |
Dimensions: | 82grt, 19nrt, 80.6 x 18.1 x 9.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl, 45nhp |
Engines By: | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 99594 |
History: | |
04/05/1893 | Hull Dock Co, Hull; registered at Hull |
1893 | North Eastern Railway Co, Hull |
1923 | London & North Eastern Railway Co, London |
24/06/1936 | South Stockton Shipbreaking Co, Stockton-on-Tees |
1936 | William Robson, St Anthony's, Newcastle |
22/11/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/06/1936: Sold for breaking up |
22/11/1940: Mined & sunk 0.75 miles E of Tynemouth | |
Had been towing barge NO116 to the spoil grounds | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Alongside ALEXANDRA whilst in ownership of W Robson