MONTAGU

Built 1855 (launched 05/05/1855)
Tonnages 522 grt, 299 nrt
Dimensions 190.7 x 25.4 x 12.7 ft
Shipbuilder (yard number) Charles Mitchell & Co., Low Walker, Tyne (11)
Engine builder R. Stephenson & Co. & R. Morrison & Co., Newcastle

1882 re-engined by J. Jack, Rollo & Co., Liverpool

Engine 2cyl (34 & 22in), 100 hp, screw steamer
O.N. 22612
Owners 1855 registered at Goole to John Grantham, believed for Aire & Calder Navigation, Goole
04/06/1857 to Liverpool register, John Grantham and others
Period 1860-1875 registered to John Bacon and others
1887 Joseph Wright, Liverpool
1891 converted to a lighter, unpowered
1891 Tees Tug & Lighter Co. Ltd. - Eusebius Derwent, Middlesbrough
Fate 12/02/1899 sank off Cromer on passage Tyne for Lowestoft with 500 tons of coal, under tow by steam tug EMPEROR.

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