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Name: ROVER
Launched: 03/02/1897
Completed: 1897
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 189
Dimensions: 152grt, 15nrt, 108.0 x 18.8 x 9.9ft
Engines: L1cyl (36.25 x 54ins), 99nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 106081
History:
1897 John & Robert H Steel and David Bennie, Glasgow
1903 Steel & Bennie Ltd, Glasgow
12/1914 Wrecked
Comments: 12/1914: Driven ashore and wrecked on the Irish Coast near Arklow, Co Wicklow
Subsequently broken up where she laid


Above plan is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return