DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Date1870

Object NameTUG

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 111.6' x breadth 19.3' x depth 9.2'
gross tonnage 127 tons (Lloyd's 116 tons)

Object numberABDSHIP002904

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Leckie, Wood and Munro, Torry.
Official Number: 60706

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1880 (D500).

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Paddle steamer tug, 1 deck, 1 mast, smack rigged, round stern, clench built, iron frame, no galleries of figurehead.

Owners:
1870: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
James Cumming, merchant, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Shipping Register (Aberdeen City Archives))

General History:
31/08/1870:
The little steamer, the DUKE OF EDINBURGH, lately launched from the building yard of Leckie, Wood & Munro, Torry, whose model has been so much admired, went out on a trial trip on Thursday last, and ran the measured mile north and south on an average of 5 minutes 28 seconds, and afterwards ran from the Girdleness to Carron point, near Stonehaven, and back, making average speed of over 11 and a half miles per hour
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)