| 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