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Name: GEORGE ARMSTRONG
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 19/03/1904
Completed: 05/1904
Builder: Hepple & Co Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 542
Dimensions: 111grt, 50nrt, 80.0 x 20.1 x 8.7ft
Engines: 2 x CD2cyl (11.5 & 22 x 30ins), 50rhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 117960
History:
05/1904 Tyne Improvement Commissioners, North Shields
No later history known
Comments: 1927: Register closed


Above photo is copyright of Tyne and Wear Museums

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 18/03/1904