| Name: | JOHN FOSTER SPENCE |
| Launched: | 08/02/1898 |
| Completed: | 1898 |
| Builder: | Brigham & Cowan, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 8 |
| Dimensions: | 28grt, 10nrt, 52.8 x 11.0 x 6.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl, 15nhp |
| Engines By: | Brigham & Cowan, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 110321 |
| History: | |
| 1898 | River Tyne Port Sanitary Authority, (RS Holmes, manager); registered at Newcastle |
| 1905 | Owners restyled as Tyne Port Sanitary Authority |
| 1915 | Edward Brown, Sunderland |
| 1915 | Thomas Hutchings, Appledore, Devon |
| 1916 | George W Thompson, Hull |
| 1920 | Herbert William Ayre, Hull |
| 1920 | George W Fines, Hull |
| 1925 | Frank Victor Vokes, Hull |
| 1925 | William Dutton, Elland, Yorks |
| 1934 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 29/08/1914 to 28/09/1914: Hired by the Admiralty |
| 07/11/1916 to 1918: Hired by the Admiralty for service at Rosyth and Stornoway | |
| Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details |
Above photo is courtesy of PN Thomas