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Name: SOLWAY
Launched: 23/04/1886
Completed: 07/1886
Builder: Ramage & Ferguson Ltd, Leith
Yard Number: 70
Dimensions: 103grt, 24nrt, 90.3 x 17.1 x 9.0ft; (1909: 34nrt); (1914: 46nrt)
Engines: Grasshopper type, SL1cyl (34 x 54ins), 70nhp
Engines by: Ramage & Ferguson Ltd, Leith
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 55224
History:
27/07/1886 Robert Young & Henry Grierson, Glasgow; James Falshaw, Edinburgh & Charles Tennant, Peebles
(Trading as North British Steam Packet Co, Carlisle); registered at Carlisle
1891 Robert Young, Henry Grierson, Charles Tennant & John Jordan, Leith; registered at Glasgow
1894 Henry Grierson, Charles Tennant, John Jordan and George B Wieland, Edinburgh
1897 Charles Copeland, Grimsby; registered at Grimsby
1909 Thomas Copeland, Cleethorpes
1911 Jonathan Smith, Grimsby
1914 The Grimsby Salvage & Towing Co Ltd, Grimsby
1922 The Jarrow Tug & Lighter Co Ltd (George W Todd, manager), Jarrow
1924 The Jarrow Hoppers Ltd (George W Todd, manager), Jarrow
1931 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey