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Name: METEOR
Launched:
Completed: 1875
Builder: Wouldhave & Johnston, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 98grt, 15nrt, 94.0 x 18.5 x 9.7ft
Engines: SL1cyl (34.5 x 50ins), 40nhp
Engines By: TR Scott & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 70401
History:
1875 Joseph Johnston & John Sharp; registered at North Shields
12/08/1875 George Moore & William Harrison, Great Yarmouth
1875 The Great Yarmouth 'Star' Steam Tug Co Ltd; registered at Yarmouth
1911 Broken up
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Photo courtesy of John Forsyth