Name: | SEAGULL |
Launched: | 30/04/1877 |
Completed: | 06/1877 |
Builder: | John Softley & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 107grt, 47nrt, 121.0 x 19.4 x 7.7ft; (1887: 107grt, 28nrt) |
Engines: | L1cyl (35.5 x 54ins), 50nhp |
Engines by: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 76778 |
History: | |
06/06/1877 | John Steel & Kenneth McCaskill; registered at Glasgow |
1877 | Restyled Steel & Bennie incorporating the Glasgow & Greenock Shipping Co |
1890 | Phoenix Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1891 | Hastings, St Leonards & Eastbourne Steamboat Co Ltd; registered at Rye |
1896 | Broken up? |
Comments: | Vessel was a sub-contract from Hepple & Co |
1890: Converted to a passenger vessel | |
1896: British register closed & thought to have been broken up |
Above photo is courtesy of Tom Lee
Glasgow Herald, Monday, 10/11/1890