| Name: | PROTECTOR |
| Launched: | 08/02/1887 |
| Completed: | 1887 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 134 |
| Dimensions: | 141grt, 24nrt, 106.5 x 19.7 x 9.9ft |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (38.5 x 56ins), 80nhp |
| Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 89826 |
| History: | |
| 1887 | F Warren, North Shields |
| 1889 | Sank |
| Comments: | 29/08/1889: Foundered following a collision with the steam tug DUNCAN (1888/221grt) |
| of Dundee near the Abertay Light Vessel, St Andrew’s Bay, Fife. | |
| Captain Legy and crew were rescued by the DUNCAN | |
| Thanks to Andy Hall for the above details |