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Name: TITAN
Type: Floating Crane
Launched: 09/10/1895
Completed: 1896
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 638
Dimensions: 256grt, 130nrt, 121.6 x 32.4 x 7.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (11 & 11 x 15ins), 16nhp
Engines by: Cochrane & Co, Birkenhead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104294
History:
1896 Philip Watts, Elwick Shipyard, Newcastle
1898 Mersey Docks & Harbour Board, Liverpool
1952 Broken up
Comments: Used as a coaling crane when on the Mersey. Could lift about 25 tons
Replaced by another crane of the same name in 1952