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Name: PRUDHOE
Launched:
Completed: 1865
Builder: Hepple T & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 88grt, 30net, 88.2 x 18.1 x 9.0ft
Engines: L1cyl (33.25 x 44.5ins), 37nhp
Engines By: Hepple T & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 49785
History:
1865 John & George Chisholm & Robert Spence; registered at Shields
1866 William Turgoose et al; registered at Goole
1874 James Harding, Hull
1877 Goole & Hull Steam Towing Co Ltd; renamed GOOLE No 4
1890 George John Cole et al (t/a Humber Steam Towing Co), Hull
1890 Registered at Hull; renamed AJAX
1894 Humber Steam Towing Co Ltd, Hull (GC Cole, manager)
1902 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details