| Name: | ANTHRACITE |
| Type: | Yacht |
| Launched: | 01/06/1878 |
| Completed: | 1878 |
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 85 |
| Dimensions: | 70grt, 28nrt, 84.0 x 16.1 x 10.1ft; (1914: 69grt, 31nrt) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (8, 16 & 23 x 15ins), 20nhp, 168ihp |
| Engines by: | Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 81630 |
| History: | |
| 1878 | Perkins Engine Co, London |
| 22/04/1880 | Frederick Power, Farningham, Kent; registered at London |
| 1886 | Henry M Rigg, Kensington |
| 1887 | Charles ES Smith, Westminster; renamed ARIEL |
| 1888 | Arthur L Hewitt, London; renamed OITHONA |
| 1890 | Earl of Cromartie, London |
| 1892 | H Goodale, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire |
| 1893 | James Evens, Dartmouth |
| 1899 | Thomas Evens, South Norwood, Surrey |
| C1901 | The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth |
| 1922 | Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1878: Ordered by Robert McCalmont |
| The engine was to a Perkins patented design using high pressure steam | |
| 22/04/1880: First registration | |
| 1932: Withdrawn from service |
Above photo as ANTHRACITE is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Marine Engineer, July 1880