Name: | MINER NO 13 |
Launched: | |
Completed: | 1880 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 410 |
Dimensions: | 50grt, 4nrt, 65.2 x 15.0 x 7.7ft; (1907: 51grt 5nrt); (1914: 51grt 18nrt) |
Engines: | 2 x 2cyl, 23nhp, 180ihp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 8knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1907: 119904) |
History: | |
1880 | British Government - War Office |
22/02/1907 | George Y Keely; registered at South Shields; renamed MINER |
03/1907 | The Tyne Pilotage Commissioners, South Shields |
1920 | The Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd; registered at Burntisland |
1933 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the War Office mining service |
Used as a tender to the fixed defensive mining at Dockyards | |
Also used as light tugs | |
Thought to have become MINER but could be an earlier tug in the series | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo as MINER is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as MINER is courtesy of Kevin Blair