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Name: WDS
Launched: 05/11/1892
Completed: 12/1892
Builder: Schlesinger Davis & Co, Wallsend
Yard Number: 167
Dimensions: 103grt; 41nrt, 85.2 x 19.1 x 9.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 32 x 24ins), 40rhp, 240ihp
Engines By: North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw. 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101815
History:
12/1892 Tyne Steam Shipping Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle
12/1903 Owner re-styled Tyne-Tees Shipping Co Ltd
07/1919 J Batey & Son Ltd, Newcastle
06/1920 Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd
02/1930 Thomas Keedy, South Shields
12/1939 Owner re-styled Thomas Keedy & Son Ltd, South Shields
08/1941 Berry's (Stranraer) Ltd, Stranraer; registered at Stranraer
1945 John Lee, Belfast
13/08/1946 Henry Patrick Lenaghan, Belfast; registered at Belfast
1949 Broken up
Comments: IONA of 1866 used as part of the payment to the builder
09/1916: Charter to J Batey & Son Ltd, Newcastle
07/1919: Cost £5,500
02/1930: Cost £600
13/03/1945: Arrived at Belfast
13/08/1946: Started to be reported as LENASHIP without official renaming
03/02/1949: Register closed as vessel broken up
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details


Above photo courtesy of Rick Cox