| Name: | PROTECTOR |
| Launched: | 07/02/1887 |
| Completed: | 04/1887 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 134 |
| Dimensions: | 141grt, 17nrt, 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: | |
| 26/04/1887 | Francis Warren et al, North Shields |
| 29/08/1889 | Sank |
| Comments: | TIC records list the launch as 08/02/1887 |
| Built as a tug and passenger steamer | |
| 29/08/1889: Sank after a collision with DUNCAN in St Andrew’s Bay, Fife |
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 08/02/1887
Edinburgh Evening News, Friday, 30/08/1889