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Name: TOILER
Launched: 05/07/1875
Completed: 10/1875
Builder: Lancelot Liddle, Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 118grt, 28nrt, 101.4 x 19.3 x 10.0ft
Engines: L1cyl (37.5 x 52ins), 50nhp
Engines by: TR Scott & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 70403
History:
26/10/1875 Edward Marshall, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1877 Robert Tedcastle, Dublin; registered at Dublin
1882 Robert Brown et al, Aberdeen; registered at Aberdeen
01/04/1887 Sank
Comments: 05/07/1875: Launched for Brown, Marsh & Co
02/1882: Bought for £1500 & converted to a trawler
Paid for herself in the first year of operation
01/04/1887: Foundered in a storm in the Moray Firth


Aberdeen Press & Journal, Monday, 27/02/1882

Greenock Advertiser, Friday, 17/11/1882

Shields Daily News, Monday, 04/04/1887