Name: | DHUHEARTACH or DHU HEARTACH |
Type: | Light House Tender |
Launched | 24/12/1867 |
Completed: | 23/03/1868 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 50 |
Dimensions: | 124grt, 27nrt, 110.2 x 18.0 x 7.6ft; (1890: 126.0 x 18.0 x 10.0ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl (36 & 36 x 48ins), 100nhp; (1890: 2 x C2cyl (10 & 18 x 12ins), 30rhp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1890: Dunlop & Bell, Liverpool) |
Propulsion: | Paddle; 8.5knots (trials); (1890: 2 x Screws) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 55130 |
History: | |
1868 | Commissioner of the Northern Lights, Edinburgh |
1869 | Registered at Leith |
1875 | William H Cocker, Blackpool; registered at Fleetwood |
1884 | H Hall, Fleetwood |
1885 | Francois J Aubertin, Cardiff |
1887 | S Lord, Fleetwood |
1887 | C Furness; registered at West Hartlepool |
1890 | Direct Acting Jet Propulsion Co Ltd, West Hartlepool |
1893 | J Wigham & T Colling, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
1895 | T Maughan, Sunderland |
1896 | John H Soppit, Sunderland; renamed STARTFORTH |
1897 | Registered at Middlesbrough |
1897 | Skinningrove Iron Co Ltd, Carlin How |
1900 | Archibald Stewart, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow |
1904 | Company renamed Forth Steamship Co Ltd, Glasgow |
1908 | Buchan & Hogg, Grangemouth |
1917 | Weymouth Diving & Towing Co Ltd; registered at Weymouth |
1918 | Samuel W Oakley, London |
1922 | Thomas E Hill, Birkenhead |
1923 | Southampton Shipping Metal & Shingle Co Ltd |
1924 | Broken up |
Comments | Also appears in the Hepple yard list for the same year. |
When built employed in the building of the lighthouse of the same name | |
1890: Lengthened, re-engined & converted to twin screw | |
1924: Broken up in Holland |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday 26th December 1867