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Name: MINER NO 9
Launched: 30/12/1879
Completed: 1879
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow
Yard Number: 397
Dimensions: 56grt, 7nrt, 65.3 x 15.0 x 7.8ft
Engines: 2 x 2cyl, 25nhp, 120ihp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 8knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1879 British Government - War Office
No further history known
Comments: Built for War Office Mining service
Tenders to fixed defensive mining at Dockyards
Also used as light tugs
Dimensions etc assumed to be as per MINER NO 1