| Name: | LORD DERBY |
| Launched: | 1870 |
| Completed: | 07/1870 |
| Builder: | T Hepple & Co, Low Walker, Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 92grt, 7nrt, 96.5 x 18.0 x 9.2ft |
| Engines: | L1cyl (34.75 x 54ins), 41nhp |
| Engines by: | T Hepple & Co |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63400 |
| History: | |
| 29/07/1870 | Charles O & William Rundle, Cardiff and Henry Rundle, Waterford; registered at Cardiff |
| 1875 | Kenneth McCaskill, Greenock; registered at Glasgow |
| 1877 | John Steel, Glasgow & Kenneth McCaskill, Greenock |
| 1884 | John Steel, Glasgow |
| 1887 | John Steel & David Bennie, Glasgow |
| 1902 | William Taylor, Grangemouth |
| 1904 | Thomas P Rayson, Sunderland |
| 1905 | Thomas Eason, Middlesbrough |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Designed to be a sea going tug & passenger steamer |
| 1905: Machinery removed by TP Rayson | |
| Converted to a river lighter by Thomas Eason | |
| 1905: Register closed | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo is courtesy of Eddie Frost
Shields Daily News, Friday, 08/07/1870