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Name: WILLIAM FALLOWS
Launched: 26/11/1888
Completed: 01/1889
Builder: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Yard Number: 415
Dimensions: 122grt, 34nrt, 101.0 x 19.0 x 9.6ft
Engines: 2 x L1cyl (25 x 48ins), 45nhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 95921
History:
16/03/1889 Tees Conservancy Commissioners; registered at Stockton
16/03/1923 Tees Towing Co Ltd (Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers); registered at Middlesbrough
31/10/1923 Ridley Steam Tug Co Ltd, Newcastle
1928 Registered at Newcastle
12/1933 Rolmac Ltd, Lemington-on-Tyne
1935 Broken up
Comments: 1888: Cost £4,150
31/10/1923: Cost £1,800
1935: Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston


Above: WILLIAM FALLOWS alongside HARWICH. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 31/01/1889