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Name: RESCUE
Launched: 1878
Completed: 1878
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 72
Dimensions: 104grt, 10nrt, 101.4 x 18.1 x 9.3ft
Engines: SL1cyl (35.5 x 54ins), 75nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 75269
History:
1878 John T Lainé, Guernsey; registered at Guernsey
1896 John Murray, South Shields; registered at South Shields
1913 Unknown Owner, Netherlands
No further history known
Comments: Subcontracted from Hepple
1896: John Murray was a trawler owner
1913: Possibly broken up in the Netherlands