| Name: | ROYAL BRITON |
| Launched: | 18/04/1885 |
| Completed: | 06/1885 |
| Builder: | E Finch & Co Ltd, Chepstow |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 99grt, 2nrt, 89.6 x 18.0 x 9.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (18 & 36 x 24ins), 75nhp, 500ihp |
| Engines By: | Tyneside Engineering Works Co Ltd, Cardiff |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 89198 |
| History: | |
| 06/1885 | P Gibbs, G Lee & E Finch; registered at Cardiff |
| 03/1902 | Lawson Steam Tug-boat Co Ltd |
| 06/1920 | Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd |
| 06/1934 | Jarrow Dredging & Salvage Co Ltd |
| 03/1942 | Edmund Handcock (1929) Ltd, Cardiff |
| 04/1949 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 05/1916: Hired by the Admiralty |
| 08/1916: Returned to owners | |
| 06/1920: Sank at Boulogne after collision with barge | |
| Subsequently raised and repaired at Grimsby | |
| 06/1934: Cost £500 | |
| 04/1949: Hit quay wall & sank in Cardiff Docks | |
| Subsequently raised & beached outside of docks | |
| 04/1949: Broken up by local scrap merchants at Cardiff |
Above photo is copyright South Shields Central Library
Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner