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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