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Name: WALNEY
Launched: 03/12/1903
Completed: 04/1904
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 227
Dimensions: 204grt, 53nrt, 120.0 x 21.1 x 10.0ft; (193x: 185grt, 76nrt)
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl (30 x 54ins), 66rhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114227
History:
27/04/1904 Furness Railway Co, Barrow; registered at Barrow
1922 London Midland & Scottish Railway Co, London
1947 British Transport Commission, London
1949 British Transport Docks Board, London
1950 British Transport Docks & Inland Waterways Executive, London
24/11/1952 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for a small number of passengers in fore saloon
Served at Barrow, then to Troon in about 1930
24/11/1952: Arrived for breaking up by the West of Scotland Shipbeaking Co, Troon
24/11/1952: Breaking commenced
10/02/1953: Breaking completed


Above photo is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid

Above photo is courtesy of Bill Lind

Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Shields Daily News, Friday, 04/12/1903