Name: | TYNE DOCK NO 2 |
Launched: | 18/12/1865 |
Completed: | 1866 |
Builder: | Richard Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 108grt, 40nrt, 87.0 x 19.0 x 9.2ft |
Engines: | L2cyl (25 & 25 x 41.75ins), 42nhp |
Engines by: | JP Almond, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | Unregistered; (1881: 81973) |
History: | |
1866 | Tyne Dock Co, Newcastle |
27/05/1881 | Transferred to North Eastern Railway Co, York; registered at South Shields |
1891 | Joseph Lawson & Ralph Hodge, South Shields; renamed CHAMPION |
03/1895 | Transferred to Lawson Steam Tug Boat Co Ltd, North Shields |
13/02/1902 | Sank |
Comments: | 13/02/1902: Foundered 7 miles off the entrance to the River Tyne |
Above photo as CHAMPION is copyright of South Shields Libraries
Shields Daily News, Friday, 14/02/1902