Tyne tug Victoria gunboat 1884

TYNE TUGS AND TUG BUILDERS

A history of Tyne Tugs, their builders and owners

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Name:	VICTORIA
Keel:	30/09/1882
Launched:	25/06/1883
Completed:	1884
Builder:	Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd, Low Walker
Yard Number:	455
Dimensions:	544disp, 145.0 x 27.0 x 11.0ft; (1897: 357grt, 69nrt, 139.2 x 26.0 x 13.1ft)
Engines:	2 x C2cyl (21 & 36ins), 95nhp, 807ihp
Engines By:	R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 12.6knots
Construction:	Iron
Armament:	1 x 10.0, 2 x 12.5pdr guns; (1897: None)

History:
1884	State of Victoria, Australia
1896	Government of Western Australia
1902	J Fenwick et al, Sydney
1916	J Fenwick & Co
1920	Broken up

Comments:	Described as a 'Type B1' gunboat
	Retired due to financial constraints in 1897 and fully converted to a tug
	1920: Abandoned as a hulk in Kerosene Bay
	1935: Broken up