Name: WASHINGTON
Launched:
Completed: 1870
Builder: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 58
Dimensions: 122grt, 16nrt, 104.9 x 18.4 x 10.1ft
Engines: 2cyl (27, 46ins), 50nhp
Engines By: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63655
History:
1870 WG Ives et al, Gravesend
1874 J Martin, London
1879 Transferred to Miss SC Martin, London
1879 Mrs M Nicholson, Sunderland
12/1883 TA Dry, North Shields
07/1889 Transferred to John Dry, North Shields
05/1908 Transferred to The John Dry Steam Tugs Ltd
08/1929 Transferred to Redhead & Dry's TugsLtd
05/1944 Transferred to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear
04/1952 Broken up by JJ King & Co Ltd, Gateshead
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