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Name: SALT
Launched: 01/07/1889
Completed: 10/1889
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 150
Dimensions: 114grt, 16nrt, 95.0 x 19.2 x 9.9ft
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl (28 x 50ins), 75nhp, 350ihp, 10.0kts
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 97374
History:
1889 North Eastern Railway Co, York
11/10/1889 Registered at West Hartlepool
05/1922 Blyth Steam Tug Co; registered at Blyth; renamed EARL OF BEACONSFIELD
07/1923 Owners restyled Blyth Steam Tug Co Ltd, Blyth
11/11/1958 Broken up
Comments: 11/1958: Sold to British Iron & Steel Corporation for £600
11/11/1958: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd


Above photo as EARL OF BEACONSFIELD is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo as EARL OF BEACONSFIELD is courtesy of Eddie Frost

Above photo as EARL OF BEACONSFIELD is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo as EARL OF BEACONSFIELD is courtesy of Bill Harvey

Above photo as EARL OF BEACONSFIELD is courtesy of Ron Dobson

Above photo as EARL OF BEACONSFIELD is courtesy of Ron Dobson