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Name: C M PALMER
Launched: 23/08/1884
Completed: 11/1884
Builder: HS Edwards & Sons, Howdon
Yard Number: 17
Dimensions: 95grt, 43nrt, 85.3 x 21.0 x 7.1ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (21 x 42ins), 30nhp
Engines by: Wapping Engine Works Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 88805
History:
26/01/1885 Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Jarrow; registered at South Shields
07/08/1900 Tyne General Ferry Co, Newcastle
1909 Robert Frazer & Sons Ltd, Newcastle
1919 Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Jarrow
1923 CW Robinson, Middlesbrough
1923 Tees Towing Co Ltd (Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers)
18/08/1925 Broken up
Comments: Designed to carry passengers, horses & carts between Jarrow & Howdon
25/11/1916: Sprang a leak approaching Jarrow & sank after passengers disembarked
22/12/1916: Raised, put on the shore for repair & subsequently returned to service
1923: Cost £350
1925: Broken up, cost £106


Above: Believed to be C M PALMER as a ferry

Shields Daily Gazette, 18th October 1884

Jarrow Express, Friday, 01/12/1916