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Name: IRON KING
Launched: 1880
Completed: 02/1880
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 84
Dimensions: 112grt, 17nrt, 100.8 x 18.2 x 9.6ft
Engines: L1cyl (36 x 51ins), 45nhp
Engines By: TR Scott & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79231
History:
1880 Francis Warren; registered at North Shields
1889 Wrecked
Comments: 26/02/1880: Stationed at Dundee
1888: Allocated fishing registration number SN16 at North Shields
03/01/1889: Wrecked 5 miles south of Scarborough