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Name: STRANTON
Launched: 12/06/1899
Completed: 08/1899
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 193
Dimensions: 148grt, 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: 107000
History:
1899 North Eastern Railway Co; registered at West Hartlepool
1915 Sank
Comments: 08/07/1913: Damaged propellers whilst assisting schooner MEDA
and beached on Middleton Sands
Subsequently refloated and repaired
17/11/1914: Hired by the Admiralty; renamed CHAR
16/01/1915: Sank after collision off the South Goodwin Light Vessel


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Above photo courtesy of Bert Spaldin