| Name: | J T ELTRINGHAM |
| Launched: | 1877 |
| Completed: | 05/1877 |
| 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: | |
| 10/05/1877 | Frances Warren, North Shields |
| 1879 | Unknown owner, Greece |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 24/06/1877: Sank after sriking rocks near the North British Railway Pier at Broughty Ferry |
| She was carrying some 70 or 80 passengers on a trip to the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth | |
| 27/06/1877: Raised and towed to a beach for temporary repairs | |
| 07/07/1877: Permanent repairs completed by WB Thompson & Co at Dundee | |
| 01/09/1879: British registry closed as "Sold Greece" | |
| Possibly became MARIA owned by Georgios Karavias & based in the Black Sea | |
| MARIA in Greek transliterates as MERI in Russian | |
| MERI (see listing) has very similar build details | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for these later details |
Dundee Evening Telegraph, Monday, 09/07/1877