| Name: | MINER NO 15 |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1881 |
| Builder: | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 437 |
| Dimensions: | 49grt, 33nrt, 65.0 x 14.6 x 6.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 2cyl, 16nhp |
| Engines By: | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1907: 122126) |
| History: | |
| 1881 | British Government - War Office |
| 1907 | Port Hood Richmond Railway Coal Co Ltd, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1907 | Renamed MINER; registered at Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1913 | David Rudderham, North Sydney, Cape Breton Island |
| 1913 | Southern Salvage Co Ltd; registered at Liverpool, Nova Scotia |
| 19/08/1914 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built for War Office Mining service |
| Tenders to fixed defensive mining at Dockyards | |
| Also used as light tugs | |
| Thought to have become MINER but could be an earlier tug in the series | |
| 19/8/1914: Sank at Marie-a-Dieu, Cape Breton Island | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |