From a print in my possession

Kevin sent me another view with the ferry SARAH ROGERSON in the foreground.


Detail of the SARAH ROGERSON at: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=17639&p=38571#p38571

and the steamer in the background?

and another from Kevin.


and the unidentified steamer loading coal?
Looks like the same one in the previous photo?

The black funnel and white riband might suggest an early General Steam Navigation vessel, before they adopted electric deck cranes in addition to the derricks, but I don't have photos of many of them for comparison ... a company that has been sadly overlooked in the WSS and SiF series of fleet histories, and 'The Navvies' by Middlemiss is less illustrated.
An alternative in mind was one of the Aberdeen S.N. steamers as they had the riband and also the distinctive white-painted lower sections of the masts, but all seem to have had buff funnels, unless anyone can find differently.
The side door aft certainly suggests a vessel on a regular service coastwise or near-Continent.

I've had a look through my copy of BIRDS OF THE SEA (150 Years of the General Steam Navigation Company) by Nick Robins, published by Coastal Shipping in 2007. Not too many of their earlier ships are pictured, and I don't see any that seem to be an exact match .... although the ship in our Tyne photo seems typical of many of her day!?

Ron