| Name: | AILEEN |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Launched: | 17/01/1897 |
| Completed: | 1897 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 671 |
| Dimensions: | 204grt, 91nrt, 126.0 x 21.1 x 8.1ft |
| Engines: | CD2cyl (17 & 34 x 42ins), 60rhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 106620 |
| History: | |
| 1897 | Tyne General Ferry Co, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle |
| 1906 | Government of the Gambia; registered at Bathurst; renamed MANSAH KILAH |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: |
Above Tyne General Ferry advert is copyright of A Reid & Co Ltd, courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as MANSAH KILAH is copyright of the Colonial Office
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 18/06/1897