Name: | WASHINGTON |
Launched: | 1870 |
Completed: | 09/1870 |
Builder: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 58 |
Dimensions: | 122grt, 22nrt, 104.9 x 18.4 x 10.1ft; (1887: 124grt, 1nrt); (1891: 124grt, 16nrt) |
Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (27 x 46ins), 50nhp |
Engines by: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 63655 |
History: | |
19/09/1870 | William George Ives et al, Gravesend; registered at London |
1874 | Joseph Martin, London |
1879 | Miss SC Martin, London |
1879 | Martha Nicholson, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
1883 | John Tully, Sunderland |
12/1883 | Thomas A Dry, North Shields; registered at North Shields |
07/1889 | John Dry, South Shields |
05/1908 | John Dry Steam Tugs Ltd, South Shields |
08/1929 | Redhead & Dry's Tugs Ltd, South Shields |
05/1944 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle |
04/1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/1952: Broken up by JJ King & Co Ltd at Gateshead |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo is courtesy of Robert Amess
Above photo is copyright of South Shields Library
Above photo is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe