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Name: DUKE OF SUTHERLAND
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 26/03/1868
Completed: 05/1868
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 96
Dimensions: 860grt, 409nrt, 244.0 x 30.1 x 14.3ft
Engines: Oscillating 2cyl (63 & 63 x 66ins), 270nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle, 15.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58402
History:
29/05/1868 London & North Western Railway Company, London
1888 Unknown owner
No later history known
Comments: Built for the Holyhead to Dublin service
Accommodation for 90 x passengers
1888: Sold or broken up


Above images are of the original builder's model

Shields Daily News, Friday, 27/03/1868