Name: | IRON |
Launched: | 06/11/1889 |
Completed: | 1890 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 152 |
Dimensions: | 118grt, 15nrt, 95.4 x 19.1 x 9.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (28 x 50ins), 350ihp, 75nhp |
Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97391 |
History: | |
1890 | North Eastern Railway Co, York |
1890 | Registered at West Hartlepool |
12/1919 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Ltd, Newcastle |
06/1932 | Registered at Sunderland; renamed SEABURN |
04/1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1890: Cost £5,025 |
Sold to British Iron & Steel Corporation | |
Alloocated to CW Dorkin Ltd at Dunston for breaking up |
Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost
Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
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Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
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