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Name: ST GILES or SAINT GILES
Launched: 18/03/1885
Completed: 1885
Builder: Maver Williamson & Johnson, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 90grt, 0nrt, 89.6 x 18.5 x 9.6ft; (1890: 7nrt)
Engines: SL1cyl (32.5 x 48ins), 35nhp
Engines By: Baird & Barnsley, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 89803
History:
05/1885 Ralph Pigg, Edward Matthews et al; registered at North Shields
07/1902 Edward Henderson, South Hylton
07/1902 John Prior, Monkwearmouth
11/03/1907 Sank
Comments: 11/03/1907: Sank after collision with ketch PRIDE, 6 miles East of Souter Point, Durham
Thanks to David Asprey & John Evans for the above details