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Name: HERCULES
Launched: 1893
Completed: 1893
Builder: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Yard Number: 99
Dimensions: 82grt, 19nrt, 80.6 x 18.1 x 9.4ft
Engines: T3cyl, 45nhp
Engines By: Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 99594
History:
04/05/1893 Hull Dock Co, Hull; registered at Hull
1893 North Eastern Railway Co, Hull
1923 London & North Eastern Railway Co, London
24/06/1936 South Stockton Shipbreaking Co, Stockton-on-Tees
1936 William Robson, St Anthony's, Newcastle
22/11/1940 Sank
Comments: 24/06/1936: Sold for breaking up
22/11/1940: Mined & sunk 0.75 miles E of Tynemouth
Had been towing barge NO116 to the spoil grounds
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Alongside ALEXANDRA whilst in ownership of W Robson