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Name: REBECCA
Launched: 20/10/1884
Completed: 1884
Builder: Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 123
Dimensions: 86grt, 14nrt, 87.5 x 17.6 x 9.0ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 32nhp
Engines By: Baird & Barnsley, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 91481
History:
1884 Thomas J Robson, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1894 Richard Irvin, North Shields
1898 The Irvin Steam Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields
1900 John Simpson Wilson, Rosyth & Bo'ness
1919 The Leith Salvage & Towage Co Ltd; registered at Leith
1920 Broken up
Comments: 1900: May not have been a regular tug as she was a paddle ferry originally on the Tay.
She was then used on the Queensferry Passage on the Forth
Wilson had the lease to run the ferry from 1893 to 1919 and the Leith
company just for 1919 to 1920.
Losing money, it reverted to the North British Railway Co.
Many early paddle tugs combined roles such as fishing & towage
or summer cruises & winter towage.