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RIVER TYNE
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RIVER TYNE

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1920
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 160 5/12' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 12'
gross tonnage: 489 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000032
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 83
Official Number: 142867
Subsequent Names: DALESIDE

Fate: Missing sailing from Guernsey for Harwich, left 26 November 1924.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Coaster with raised quarter deck 92ft, bridge deck 11ft, forecastle 23ft, cellular double bottom 114 tons capacity, fore peak tank 33 tons and aft peak tank 12 ton capacity.

Owners:
1920: East Coast Transport Co. Ltd (Manager: Lythgoe Prince & Co.)
1922: T. Rose, Sunderland.

General History:
12/04/1920: Builder's certificate issued.
26/11/1924: Left Guernsey for Harwich with a cargo of stone and not heard of since. (Lloyd's Register of Ships Casualty Returns). 'Lost' is written in Lewis engine book but no further details given.

Note: Engine number 154 - triple expansion 3 cylinder steam engine of 64H.P. by John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
Boiler no. 93 - 1 single ended boiler of 180lb p.s.i. by John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
FAIRTRY
John Lewis & Sons
1954
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 November 1924
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
30 May 1893
BEN TORC
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
10 December 1913
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
16 November 1895
Photograph of the Aberdeen Collier 'Ferryhill'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
9 September 1919
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1899
Black & white photograph of 'Charles H Merz'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 June 1955
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrory (903) at Hall Russell
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 November 1962
Earl Thorfinn (694) General Arrangement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1928
Black and White Photograph in album showing construction of 'Anno'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 September 1951
Dulwich, Lambeth, Ewell, Camberwell (861 862 863 864) General Arrangement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 January 1958