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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