ESSEX
ESSEX or sister NORFOLK at Harwich (rear of the pier)
Paddle steamer
1896, 297grt, 175.5 feet x 23.1 feet, compound 2 cylinder steam engine
Built in 1896 by Earle's Company, Hull (y.n. 409) for the Great Eastern Railway Company
Excursion vessel based at Harwich
1913 sold to H. Cooney, Westcliff-on-Sea as Thames excursion vessel
1916 to Goole & Hull Steam Packet Company
1918 to J. Calvert (Goole?)
1920 ACROPOLIS, Hellenic Mediterranean and Black Sea Company, Piraeus
Out of Lloyd's Register from 1929
Another photo and details on Tom Lee's site at ESSEX