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Name: CONQUEROR
Launched: 20/10/1896
Completed: 02/1897
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 188
Dimensions: 224grt, 37nrt, 131.0 x 21.7 x 10.0ft; (1919: 89nrt); (1922: 199grt, 79nrt)
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl (31.25 x 58ins), 150nhp, 750ihp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 108177
History:
02/1897 William Henry Sandford & Thomas George Sandford et al, Gravesend
01/1902 John Page, William Henry Sandford, Thomas George Sandford et al, London
08/1919 Jersey Steam Shipping Co Ltd (JK Morris, manager), St Helier; registered at Jersey
06/1922 Edward Rolland McNab, Edinburgh; registered at Kirkcaldy
1922 Kirk Deas & Co, Leith
10/1923 William Smart Taylor, Dunblane
05/1924 John Fenton (A Walker, manager), Edinburgh
1924 Stanley Butler Steamship Co Ltd, Kirkcaldy
05/1924 John Fenton, Edinburgh
28/04/1925 Tees Towing Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (WH Crosthwaite, manager); renamed HURWORTH
30/08/1927 Renamed HUTTON CROSS; registered at Middlesbrough
08/1934 Broken up
Comments: Classed as a tug/tender/yacht
1902: Operated as if part of Elliot Steam Tug Co (Dick & Page tugs)
1902: Used as excursion steamer during summer
10/1914 to 08/11/1914: Hired by the War Office
09/11/1916: On Admiralty service at Dunkerque
02/1918: Renamed QUERY for Admiralty use only
18/02/1919: Returned to owner & reverted to name CONQUEROR
1921: Operated as tug/tender in the Firth of Forth
28/04/1925: Cost £1850
08/1934: Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston, Gateshead


Above photo as CONQUEROR is courtesy of Alfred Taylor

Above photo as CONQUEROR is courtesy of Stephen Carter

Above photo as CONQUEROR is courtesy of Stephen Carter

Above photo as HUTTON CROSS is copyright of W Haig Parry

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 06/02/1897