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Name: MONTAGU
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/05/1855
Completed: 05/1855
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 11
Dimensions: 522grt, 299nrt, 190.7 x 25.4 x 12.7ft; (1891: 350nrt, 179.7 x 25.4 x 12.3ft)
Engines: 2cyl, 70nhp; (1863: 2cyl (34 & 34 x 22ins), 70hp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co and R Morrison & Co, Newcastle;
(1863: J Jack, Rollo & Co, Liverpool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 22612
History:
31/05/1855 The Aire & Calder Navigation (John Grantham), Leeds
06/1857 John Grantham et al, registered at Liverpool
1860 John Bacon et al, Liverpool
1887 Joseph Wright, Liverpool
1890 John Bacon Ltd, Liverpool
1891 Tees Tug & Lighter Co Ltd (Eusebius Derwent, manager), Middlesbrough
12/02/1899 Sank
Comments: 1863: Re-engined
1891: Engines & boilers removed & converted into a lighter
12/02/1899: Foundered whilst under tow off Cromer
On a voyage from the Tyne to Lowestoft with a cargo of coal


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 12/05/1855