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Name: SMITH'S DOCKS
Launched: 23/05/1910
Completed: 11/07/1910
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank
Yard Number: 429
Dimensions: 22grt, 0nrt, 50.0 x 12.5 x 6.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (9 & 19 x 12ins), 20nhp, 125ihp
Engines By: Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128810
History:
07/1910 Smith's Dock Co Ltd, High Docks, South Shields; registered at Middlesbrough
by 1933 Smith's Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
1938 Broken up
Comments: Unofficially known as SMITH'S DOCKS No 2, but never registered under that name)
23/09/1914: On Admiralty service at Invergordon/Cromarty
15/01/1920: Returned to owners


Above photo is courtesy of Ron Mapplebeck