| 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