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. |