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Name: EILEEN
Launched: 1879
Completed: 06/1879
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co, Hebburn
Yard Number: 206
Dimensions: 85grt, 58nrt, 99.5 x 16.0 x 8.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 31 x 22ins), 45nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 80542
History:
11/06/1879 George R Stephenson, Wimbledon Park, Surrey
15/08/1893 Henry Adolph Salvesen, Grangemouth
09/09/1893 Registered at Grangemouth
by 1897 Robert Cross, Edinburgh
by 1909 Thomas W Hamilton, Port Glasgow
by 1915 REV James Ltd, Southampton
No further history known
Comments: 1879: Built as a yacht & later converted to a tug
08/12/1914: Hired by the Admiralty as a tug for harbour service
07/07/1915: Returned to owners
1916: Register closed


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 07/07/1879