| Name: | LADY VITA |
| Launched: | 31/10/1882 |
| Completed: | 12/1882 |
| Builder: | Westwood, Baillie & Co, Poplar, London |
| Yard Number: | 168 |
| Dimensions: | 163grt, 53nrt, 107.7 x 20.1 x 10.4ft; (1915: 174grt, 11nrt) |
| Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (31 x 57ins), 75nhp |
| Engines by: | J Stewart & Son, Blackwall Iron Works |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79377 |
| History: | |
| 12/1882 | Dover Harbour Board, Dover |
| 13/01/1883 | Registered at Dover |
| 1914 | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| 02/11/1914 | Tees Tug Co Ltd (WH Crosthwaite, manager); registered at Middlesbrough |
| 16/12/1914 | Renamed LINGDALE |
| 20/07/1920 | Tees Towing Co Ltd (Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers), Middlesbrough |
| 1949 | Managers became Wm Crosthwaite & Son |
| 05/05/1954 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1914: Presumably purchased as part payment for LADY DUNCANNON |
| 01/04/1915: On Admiralty service at Malta | |
| 01/02/1920: Returned to owners | |
| 05/05/1954: Sold to JJ King & Co Ltd for breaking up at Gateshead | |
| One engine is preserved at Beamish Museum, County Durham |
Above photo as LADY VITA is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo as LADY VITA is copyright of the Dover Harbour Board Collection
Above photo as LINGDALE is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as LINGDALE in 1928 is copyright of W Haig Parry
Above photo as LINGDALE is copyright of PN Thomas
Above photo showing one of LINGDALE's engines is copyright of Chris Allen