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Name: PERA
Launched: 07/1868
Completed: 09/1868
Builder: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 34
Dimensions: 184grt, 17nrt, 102.1 x 18.1 x 9.0ft; (1874: 196grt, 109nrt, 137.6 x 18.2 x 8.8ft)
Engines: 2 x 2cyl (18 & 18 x 18ins), 50nhp, 200ihp
Engines by: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58711
History:
11/09/1868 G & J Robertson, Kirkwall; registered at South Shields
1872 Charles William Pollexfen, Liverpool
1874 Registered at Liverpool
1879 Thomas H Johnson, Liverpool
29/05/1881 Wrecked
Comments: Built as a tug for the Bosphorus but used as a tug/ferry at Kirkwall
1874: Lengthened to 137.6ft
29/05/1881: Wrecked between the Ness & Head of Duncansby, Caithness
On a voyage from Montrose to Liverpool with a cargo of potatoes


The Orkney Herald, Tuesday, 22/09/1868

John o' Groat Journal, Thursday, 02/06/1881