| Name: | UNIVERSE |
| Year: | 1875 |
| Builder: | Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 42 |
| Dimensions: | 143grt, 35nrt, 115.8 x 19.5 x 9.9ft |
| Engines: | SL2cyl, 85nhp |
| Engines By: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 73575 |
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| History: | |
| 1875 | Mark Martin, John Mitchell et al, Gravesend |
| 1888 | The Tees Conservancy Commission, Stockton |
| 1913 | Leonard Brown, South Shields |
| 1913 | William Saddler, Leith |
| 1914 | Joseph Stuart & Adolph Gottschalk, Liverpool |
| 1917 | John Fletcher (Montrose Shipbuilding Co), Montrose |
| 1918 | James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd, London |
| 1919 | The Neptune Marine Salvage co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 1921 | Sunk |
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| Comments: | 05/03/1918 to 13/05/1919 on Admiralty service |
| | 04/1921 Sank on passage from Larne to South Shields |
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