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Name: HER MAJESTY
Launched: 1877
Completed: 11/1877
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 68?
Dimensions: 86grt, 8nrt, 90.3 x 17.8 x 9.1ft
Engines: L1cyl (33 x 50ins), 40nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 77205
History:
10/12/1877 Robert Lee et al; registered at Cardiff
04/1890 John Lambton (Earl of Durham), Lambton Castle, Co Durham
1896 Lambton Collieries Ltd, Newcastle
1904 Hepple & Co, South Shields
1904 Thomas Cook, Sunderland
c1917 Broken up
Comments: Allocated fishing registration number CF70 at Cardiff
03/1917: Registration closed


Above: As a Lambton Collieries tug at Sunderland. Photo is courtesy of Sarah Stoner. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above: As a Lambton Collieries tug at Sunderland. Photo is courtesy of Eddie Frost

Above: As a tug & fishing vessel at Milford Haven. Photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid