Name: | WASHINGTON |
Launched: | 1870 |
Completed: | 1870 |
Builder: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 58 |
Dimensions: | 122grt, 16nrt, 104.9 x 18.4 x 10.1ft |
Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (27 x 46ins), 50nhp |
Engines By: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 63655 |
History: | |
1870 | WG Ives et al, Gravesend; registered at London |
1874 | J Martin, London |
1879 | Miss SC Martin, London |
1879 | Mrs M Nicholson, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
12/1883 | TA Dry, North Shields; registered at North Shields |
07/1889 | John Dry, North Shields |
05/1908 | The John Dry Steam Tugs Ltd |
08/1929 | Redhead & Dry's Tugs Ltd |
05/1944 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd |
04/1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/1952: Broken up by JJ King & Co Ltd at Gateshead |
Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo courtesy of Robert Amess
Above photo copyright of South Shields Library
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe