| Name: | LOFTUS |
| Type: | Barge |
| Launched: | 1882 |
| Completed: | 08/1882 |
| Builder: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 236grt, 250nrt, 130.0 x 26.6 x 8.9ft |
| Engines: | Sail; (1929: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 1cyl (335 x 330mm), 31nhp); (1934: Sail) |
| Engines by: | n/a; (1929: Kromhout Motoren Fabrik, Amsterdam); (1934: n/a) |
| Propulsion: | Sail; (1929: 1 x Screw); (1934: Sail) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 86084 |
| History: | |
| 07/09/1882 | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; registered at Newcastle |
| 1934 | Jarrow Dredging & Salvage Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 07/1935 | Ridley Steam Tug Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 08/1939 | Liverpool Lighterage Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1929: Converted to motor engine propulsion |
| 1934: Engine removed & reverted to sail power | |
| 1935: Cost £825 & converted to carry stone at a further cost of £450 | |
| Listed in LR 1954, but not in LR 1961 |