Name: | DURHAM |
Type: | Passenger Ferry |
Launched: | 1830 |
Completed: | 1830 |
Builder: | E Oliver |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 81grt, 21nrt, 67.4 x 15.8 x 8.1ft; (1863: 72grt, 21nrt, 70.0 x 27.8 x 8.3ft) |
Engines: | 30hp; (1863: 2cyl, 32hp) |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 4991 |
History: | |
1830 | The Ferry Company |
21/12/1850 | North and South Shields Ferry Co; registered at Shields |
26/11/1863 | Tyne Improvement Commissioners, North Shields |
11/1869 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built with two hulls placed side by side and with a large central paddle wheel |
1866: Replaced by a new ferry of the same name | |
11/1869: Broken up at Sunderland |