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Name: TELEPHONE
Launched: 1884
Completed: 02/1884
Builder: William Brown & Son, St Anthony's, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 52grt, 4nrt, 80.0 x 16.3 x 8.7ft
Engines: SL1cyl (32 x 45ins), 34nhp
Engines By: William Brown & Son, St Anthony's
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 88769
History:
14/02/1884 Thomas Brown, Gateshead; registered at Newcastle
08/04/1884 Thomas & William Brown, Gateshead
02/12/1886 Sank
Comments: 28/10/1884: Damaged in a deliberate collision off Great Yarmouth
11/07/1885: Disabled by a boiler explosion
02/12/1886: Sank off Cromer, after a piston rod was forced though the bottom
On a voyage from Yarmouth to Newcastle


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 10/12/1884

Shields Daily News, Monday, 13/07/1885

Norwich Mercury, Saturday, 04/12/1886