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Name: RENOWN
Launched:
Completed: 08/1876
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 56
Dimensions: 83grt, 14nrt, 87.3 x 17.6 x 8.8ft; (1908: 91grt, 88nrt)
Engines: L1cyl, 33nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 72532
History:
08/1876 Charles Olver Rundle, Cardiff
1884 Mathew Dent, Jarrow
1893 Matthew Dent, Jarrow and John Taylor, Newcastle et al
1900 John E Dawson, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
08/1900 Sunderland Towage Co Ltd, Sunderland (JE Dawson manager)
11/1906 George Hooton, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
1916 The Grain Elevating & Automatic Weighing Co Ltd, Liverpool
1937 Broken up
Comments: 1876: Allocated fishing registration number CF60 at Cardiff
1900: Cost £1,250
1906: Cost £250
16/11/1906: Ran ashore and became a total loss at Monifieth,
near Dundee, on her delivery voyage to Liverpool
1908: Converted to a barge at Liverpool
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details