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Name: WANSBECK
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 1861
Completed: 08/1861
Builder: John Rogerson
Yard: St Peter's, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 56grt, 37nrt, 97.5 x 16.3 x 5.6ft
Engines: 2cyl, 30nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 43595
History:
03/08/1861 Edmund Crawshay, Gateshead; registered at Newcastle
20/11/1862 Tyne General Ferry Co, Newcastle
13/02/1886 Imperial Tramways Co Ltd, London; registered at Middlesbrough
No later history known
Comments: Still listed in MNL 1893
Imperial Tramways had acquired Middlesborough trams in 1878