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Name: SEATON
Launched: 25/07/1899
Completed: 10/1899
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 194
Dimensions: 149grt, 2nrt, 105.4 x 22.1 x 9.6ft
Engines: 2 x 2cyl (16 & 32 x 21ins), 98rhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 112406
History:
13/10/1899 North Eastern Railway Co; registered at West Hartlepool
1915 Renamed CEYLON
1923 Transferred to London & North Eastern Railway Co
1948 Transferred to British Transport Commission
1949 Transferred to British Transport Docks Board
1951 Broken up
Comments: 17/11/1914 to 13/03/1919: Hired by the Admiralty & renamed
She did not revert to original name after 1919