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Name: JC STEVENSON
Launched: 16/08/1883
Completed: 08/1883
Builder: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Yard Number: 376
Dimensions: 183grt, 94nrt, 115.2 x 19.7 x 10.0ft; (1923: 165grt, 2nrt)
Engines: 2 x L1cyl (30.25 x 48ins), 460ihp, 60rhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88778
History:
08/1883 Tyne Improvement Commissioners; registered at Newcastle
03/1923 France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle; renamed DUNELM
05/1956 Broken up
Comments: 05/1956: Sold to the British Iron & Steel Coporation (BISCO) for £2,000
Allocated to CW Dorkin Ltd for breaking up at Gateshead
For the story of JC Stevenson see owner Jarrow Chemical Co


Above photo as DUNELM is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as DUNELM is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe

Above photo shows the breadth of a paddle tug versus one of her replacements. Photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe