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Name: KNIGHT TEMPLAR
Launched: 21/04/1875
Completed: 1875
Builder: CW Dodgin & Co, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 88grt, 17nrt, 88.8 x 17.8 x 9.4ft
Engines: L1cyl, 35nhp
Engines By: TR Scott & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 69862
History:
1875 Robert Stephenson Allen et al; registered at South Shields
1897 Thomas Gibson, South Shields
08/04/1900 Sank
Comments: 08/04/1900: Sank 8 miles off Tyne whilst 'seeking'
Engine hot well gave way causing hole in hull.


Shields Gazette & Daily Telegraph, Friday, 23/04/1875

The Newcastle Weekly Courant, Saturday, 14/04/1900