| Name: | ELSWICK NO 2 |
| Type: | Wherry |
| Launched: | 16/08/1939 |
| Completed: | 1939 |
| Builder: | RB Harrison & Son Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 50disp, 55.0 x 23.0 x ?ft |
| Engines: | None; (19XX: Oil engine) |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | None; (19XX: 1 x Screw) |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1930 | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Scotswood, Newcastle |
| 195X | N Keedy & Sons, South Shields |
| 197X | Maritime Trust, South Shields |
| 1976 | Tyne & Wear Museum Service, Newcastle |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | A traditionally built clinker hull |
| Built to carry guns & equipment from Scotswood to Walker | |
| Later fitted with a small oil engine | |
| 1976: Stored at Beamish Museum |
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Above photo, showing ELSWICK NO 2 under construction, is copyright of Newcastle University
Above photo, showing ELSWICK NO 2 under construction, is copyright of Newcastle University
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