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Name: TOBA
Launched: 23/11/1927
Completed: 03/1928
Builder: Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn
Yard Number: 551
Dimensions: 339grt, 0nrt, 130.6 x 28.6 x 13.2ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (13.25, 22 & 36 x 27ins), 210nhp
Engines By: Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1928 Government of Argentina; assigned pennant R4
1981 Broken up
Comments: 1979: Withdrawn from service


Above photograph courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photograph courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid