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Name: TRIUMPH launched as SEPTIMA
Launched: 27/06/1892
Completed: 1893
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 170
Dimensions: 155grt, 27nrt, 107.0 x 19.6 x 10.0ft; (1915: 155grt, 59nrt)
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (28.5 x 50ins), 60nhp, 200ihp
Engines by: Baird & Barnsley, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 102033
History:
1893 Baird & Barnsley; registered at North Shields
1894 T Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd (WJ Tarn, manager); registered at Hull; renamed PRESTO
1916 Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Hull
14/11/1923 Charles Duncan & Sons Ltd; registered at Middlesbrough; renamed BEATTIE DUNCAN
30/06/1928 Aberdeen Steam Tug Co Ltd (WJH Dickson, manager); registered at Aberdeen
1934 Broken up
Comments: 27/06/1892: Launched as SEPTIMA for Joseph Crosthwaite of North Shields
23/08/1892: An apparently successful trial but not registered as SEPTIMA
1893: Not delivered to Joseph Crossthwaite & first registered as TRIUMPH
1910: New boiler fitted
1923: Cost £800
1934: Broken up at Aberdeen


Above photo as PRESTO is copyright of the World Ship Society

Above photo as PRESTO is courtesy of Terry Clark

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 24/08/1892