| Name: | GEORGE P BIDDER | 
| Type: | Paddle steamer | 
| Launched: | 23/09/1862 | 
| Completed: | 1862 | 
| Builder: | Marshall Bros | 
| Yard: | Willington Quay | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 78grt, 27nrt, 82.3 x 17.4 x 9.0ft | 
| Engines: | 35nhp | 
| Engines by: | Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields | 
| Propulsion: | Paddle | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | 43645 | 
| History: | |
| 1862 | John Readhead et al, South Shields; registered at South Shields | 
| 1864 | George Sutton, Cork; registered at Cork | 
| 1883 | William Scott, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland; renamed THREE BROTHERS | 
| 18/12/1885 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 18/12/1885: Wrecked north of Hartlepool | 
| In use as a fishing boat | 

Sunderland Daily Echo, Saturday, 19/12/1885