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Name: R T C HOPPER BARGE NO 5
Type: Hopper barge
Launched: 19/05/1883
Completed: 1883
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 132
Dimensions: 340grt, 168nrt, 112.5 x 29.0 x 12.0ft
Engines: Steam, 22nhp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a; (1888: 95257)
History:
1883 River Tyne Commissioners
1888 Registered at Newcastle; renamed R T C NO 5
1908 Renamed T I C NO 5
No further details known
Comments: MNL listed her as built on the Clyde until 1915 when it was corrected
Still listed in MNL 1934