Photo from TEESSHIPS archives, origin unknown, but contributed by Dave Martin: conqueror1954.jpg
Her history, from 150 YEARS OF THE MALTESE CROSS by John Proud:
CONQUEROR, 177gt, built 1884 by Hepple & Co., North Shields (on River Tyne), yard no. 386, for William Sandford of Gravesend; circa 1890 sold to French owners and renamed CONQUERANT; circa 1904 sold to Mrs R. Lennard of Middlesbrough and reverted to name of CONQUEROR; 1905 sold to B.O. Davies, Middlesbrough; circa 1910 sold to J. Nicholson, Leith; 1913 sold to Victor A. Cappon, Dundee; 03.1917 purchased by Robert Redhead & Son Ltd., Newcastle; 08.1929 transferred to Redhead & Dry's Tugs Ltd., South Shields; 05.1944 transferred to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co. Ltd., Newcastle (and Sunderland) [and shown in their familiar colours above]; 05.1956 sold for £2150 to British Iron & Steel Corporation and allocated to J.J. King & Co. Ltd., Gateshead to be broken up.
See also: http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/conqueror1884.html
RonStatistics: Posted by teesships — Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:47 pm
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