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Name: THISTLE
Launched: 09/08/1888
Completed: 1888
Builder: J & PC Winlo, South Shields
Yard Number: 16
Dimensions: 19grt, 0nrt, 52.0 x 12.8 x 6.8ft
Engines: 2cyl, 28hp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 95161
History:
25/08/1888 Glamorgan Coal Co Ltd, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
25/07/1893 Albert A Hill, Constantinople
1894 Unknown owner, Turkey
No later history known
Comments: Thought to be for towing duties on the Danube
Glamorgan Coal Co had bases at both Constantinople & Odessa
10/09/1888: Sailed from Penarth for Constantinople


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 23/08/1888