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Name: TYNE
Launched: 12/1882
Completed: 1883
Builder: George K Smith & Co, Whitehill Point, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 142grt, 51nrt, 114.5 x 20.0 x 9.3ft; (1893: 162grt, 33nrt)
Engines: SL1cyl (38 x 54ins), 50nhp
Engines By: JS Davidson, Whitehaven
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82963
History:
1883 Britannia Steam Shipping Co Ltd; registered at Scarborough
1890 John A Noel et al, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
1892 William Taylor, Grangemouth
1893 Registered at Grangemouth
1893 Forth Towing Co Ltd, Grangemouth
1895 William Taylor, Grangemouth
1903 Thomas P Laird, Edinburgh
1904 Thomas Pearson Rayson, Sunderland
1907 Register closed
Comments: 1883: Initially operated as a paddle trawler & later as a tug
1890: Britannia Steam Shipping Co went into liquidation
1903: Thomas P Laird, Edinburgh was a trustee of a bankrupt
1907: Register closed as converted into a lighter.
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details