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Paddle Yacht

Postby northeast » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:12 pm

Have just been sent this fine view of an unidentified yacht entering Whitby circa 1901, any ideas as to who she is?
Whitby 1901.jpg
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Re: Paddle Yacht

Postby northeast » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:05 pm

Now identified as survey ship HMS TRITON

TRITON
410 ton paddle steamer built by Samuda at Poplar, launched 4 March 1882
145ft x 23ft Maudsley steam engine/350ihp
Employed as a survey vessel; laid up during World War One and loaned to
Gravesend Sea School as a training ship in June 1919; survived until broken up in
1961.
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