| Name: | CHAMPION |
| Launched: | 1875 |
| Completed: | 11/1875 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 115 |
| Dimensions: | 138grt, 41nrt, 107.3 x 19.0 x 9.7ft |
| Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (29 x 50.626ins), 56nhp, 11kts |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 73609 |
| History: | |
| 1875 | Thomas W Elliott & Henry Mumford, London |
| 19/01/1876 | Registered at London |
| 1876 | SA d’Assureurs et d’Armateurs pour le Remorquage et de Sauvetage, Antwerp |
| 1876 | Registered at Antwerp; renamed AMERICA |
| 1877 | James Watkins; registered at London; renamed CHAMPION |
| 1878 | Société de Remorquage du Port de Calais, France |
| 1891 | Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie, Calais |
| 10/1913 | John S Wilson, Rosyth; registered at Bo'ness; renamed BETEFDOE |
| 05/1915 | Robert Cook Baister et al; registered at Sunderland; renamed ROBERT L COOK |
| 12/1921 | Robert Cook Baister, Sunderland |
| 02/1924 | RL Cook Towage Company Ltd, Sunderland |
| 1928 | Broken up |
| Comments: | At some stage modified to a single funnel |
| 1928: Broken up by Clayton & Davie at Dunston on Tyne |
Above image as CHAMPION is courtesy of David Asprey
Above image as CHAMPION is courtesy of David Asprey
Above image as CHAMPION is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as ROBERT L COOK is copyright of Sunderland Libraries
Above photo as ROBERT L COOK is courtesy of Eddie Frost