Name: | ARCHER |
Type: | Suction Dredger |
Launched: | 10/05/1900 |
Completed: | 09/1900 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 701 |
Dimensions: | 870grt, 50nrt, 230.5 x 39.3 x 11.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl, 170nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 46976 |
History: | |
1900 | Rockhampton Harbour Board, Queensland |
1927 | Sank |
Comments: | 1900: Purchased for £59,000 |
1927: Sank in Fitzroy River, Queensland |
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Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 5th September, 1900