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Name: JT ELTRINGHAM
Launched: 1877
Completed: 1877
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 60
Dimensions: 107grt, 20nrt, 100.4 x 18.1 x 9.4ft
Engines: L1cyl (36.5 x 51ins), 44hp
Engines By: JR Scott & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76639
History:
1877 F Warren, North Shields
24/06/1877 Sank
No further history known
Comments: 24/06/1877: Struck an underwater rock ledge abreast of the North British Railway Pier at
Broughty Ferry, Angus, after a trip to the May island Firth of Forth.
Captain Legge & crew managed to get all passengers safely ashore using local fishing boats.
Thanks to Andrew Hall for the above news items