| Name: | HUGH BELL |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Launched: | 04/09/1884 |
| Completed: | 11/1884 |
| Builder: | Hepple & Co |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 390 |
| Dimensions: | 176grt, 90nrt, 94.8 x 30.3 x 6.1ft |
| Engines: | L2cyl (24.4 x 42ins), 40nhp |
| Engines by: | Hepple & Co, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 89714 |
| History: | |
| 1884 | Corporation of Middlesbrough; registered at Middlesbrough |
| by 1913 | Frederick Angus, Southampton |
| by 1914 | Joseph H Pounder, West Hartlepool |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1916: Converted to a piling barge; fate unknown |
Above photo copyright of Middlesbrough Council
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Friday, 07/11/1884