| Name: | SHIELDS |
| Type: | Passenger Ferry |
| Launched: | 09/04/1868 |
| Completed: | 05/1868 |
| Builder: | T Hepple & Son |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 59grt, 8nrt, 68.2 x 16.5 x 8.2ft |
| Engines: | 22nhp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 60487 |
| History: | |
| 20/10/1868 | Tyne Improvement Commissioners; registered at North Shields |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | Appears to have been launched as FAVOURITE |
| No later mention of FAVOURITE and no launch report for SHIELDS | |
| Name shown as SHIELD in MNL after 1900 | |
| 1906: Register closed |
Above photo, thought to be SHIELDS, is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 11/04/1868
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 06/05/1868