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Name: RUBY
Launched:
Completed: 1862
Builder: JP Almond, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 98grt, 36nrt, 90.2 x 17.9 x 9.8ft; (1889: 98grt, 1nrt)
Engines: 2 x L1cyl (25 x ?ins), 46nhp
Engines By: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 44288
History:
1862 William Brown et al; registered at Shields
1863 Wexford Harbour Commissioners; registered at Wexford
1889 Thomas Young, South Shields; registered at South Shields
1889 Blyth Steam Tug Co (George Dinsdale et al), Blyth
1890 Registered at North Shields
10/1895 Broken up
Comments: Builder is stated as JP Almond of North Shields but MNL states South Shields
It is possible that Almond subcontracted the hull to a South Shields business


Newcastle Journal, Tuesday, 03/06/1862