| Name: | CHALLENGER |
| Launched: | 05/11/1881 |
| Completed: | 1881 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 94 |
| Dimensions: | 104grt, 23nrt, 100.7 x 18.0 x 9.0ft |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (30 x 50ins), 50nhp |
| Engines By: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84995 |
| History: | |
| 1881 | Martha Nicholson, Sunderland |
| 1882 | Registered at Sunderland (SD 276) |
| 1886 | Isaac Hodgson , Sunderland |
| 1905 | JG Everson, South Shields |
| 1905 | Florence Tugboat & Salvage Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (J. Blumer manager) |
| 12/07/1907 | JH Pounder, West Hartlepool |
| 24/08/1908 | Converted to a sailing lighter |
| 27/01/1923 | G Alder, Middlesbrough |
| 09/05/1919 | Alice M Crosthwaite, Middlesbrough |
| 07/08/1929 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 29/11/1885: Picked up the crew of the barque Henry, 50 miles off Berwick. |
| The crew had been in the small boat for 17 hrs, all landed safely at Berwick | |
| Thanks to Andy Hall for the above details |