| Name: | EPPLETON HALL |
| Launched: | 17/09/1913 |
| Completed: | 02/1914 |
| Builder: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 632 |
| Dimensions: | 166grt, 27nrt, 100.5 x 21.1 x 10.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (30 x 51ins), 80rhp, 500ihp |
| Engines By: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 133548 |
| History: | |
| 10/02/1914 | The Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd; registered at Newcastle |
| 1924 | Owners restyled as Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd |
| 11/1945 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd |
| 11/1964 | Seaham Harbour Dock Company |
| 11/1967 | Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston |
| 05/1969 | Scott Newhall, San Francisco |
| 1979 | San Francisco Maritime Museum |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 11/1967: Clayton & Davie were shipbreakers & they did commence work |
| 05/1969: Purchased by Scott Newhall for £2,500 | |
| Repaired & converted to oil firing & sails by RB Harrison & Son, Bill Quay | |
| 09/1969: Left Tyne for USA via Lisbon, Madeira, Georetown & Panama | |
| 03/1970: Arrived San Francisco | |
| 1979: Donated to the National Park Service Maritime Museum | |
| 2013: Completed a $400,000 restoration project |
Additional Information: |
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