Name: | MID-TYNE FERRY No 3 |
Type: | Passenger Ferry |
Launched: | 22/06/1949 |
Completed: | 06/1949 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 710 |
Dimensions: | 79grt, 75.0 x 18.1 x 7.0ft; (1987: 122grt) |
Engines: | Oil engine |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169220 |
History: | |
24/06/1949 | Mid-Tyne Ferries Ltd, Hebburn; registered at Newcastle |
1963 | Renamed TYNE QUEEN |
1987 | Jacobite Cruises, Inverness; renamed JACOBITE QUEEN |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Capacity for 314 x passengers on the Wallsend, Hebburn & Walker routes |
1963: Re-engined with a Gardner diesel 6L3B engine,150 bhp | |
1987: Re-engined with a Volvo D12 diesel, 450hp | |
2012: Still in service based at Inverness |
Above photo as MID-TYNE FERRY No 3 is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as TYNE QUEEN is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as JACOBITE QUEEN is copyright of Tour Scotland. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return