Name: | ROYAL SAXON |
Launched: | 28/01/1865 |
Completed: | 06/1865 |
Builder: | Bainbridge, Davy & Hopper, Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 157grt, 73nrt, 121.5 x 20.1 x 10.4ft; (1870: 157grt, 55nrt); |
(1885: 157grt, 42nrt); (1890: 157grt, 65nrt) | |
Engines: | 2 x 1cyl (34 x 58ins), 92nhp |
Engines by: | JP Almond, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 29897 |
History: | |
27/06/1865 | Robert Henry Brown et al; registered at Liverpool |
1869 | Edward Crewsdon et al, Kendal |
1872 | William & Thomas Jolliffe, Liverpool |
1890 | Transferred to Sarah A Jolliffe (later Howard), Liverpool & John Woodburn, Windermere |
1896 | Transferred to William T Jolliffe, Liverpool |
1901 | Broken up |
Comments: | Also built with accommodation for passengers |
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details |
Shields Gazette & Daily Telegraph, Monday, 30/01/1865