Name: | NORTHUMBERLAND |
Type: | Ferry |
Launched: | 04/09/1895 |
Completed: | 10/1895 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 57 |
Dimensions: | 230grt, 86nrt, 110.0 x 26.1 x 8.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (30 x 48ins), 60nhp |
Engines by: | Baird & Barnsley Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 105210 |
History: | |
10/12/1895 | Tyne Improvement Commissioners, Newcastle |
1926 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1926: Sold to Thomson & McGregor at Bo'ness for breaking up. Cost £550 |
30/03/1926: Left the Tyne for the last time |
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 05/09/1895