PILE, SPENCE & COMPANY, WEST HARTLEPOOL

Name CONQUEROR
Type Steam Paddle Tug
Yard Number 36
Launched 13/07/1861
Completed 09/1861
Off. Number 28289
Engine builder William Huntley & Co.
Engine type SL2cyl
GRT 144
Length (feet) 107.0
Beam (feet) 20.4
First owner West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Co.
History 1867 became North-Eastern Railway Co.
  9/1901 sold to Anthony Irwing, Sunderland
  12/1910 transferred to James Iwing, Sunderland
  8/1926 became Irwing Steam Tug Co.
   
Fate 6/1934 broken up by G & W Brunton, Grangemouth (for £270)

Illustration from 'Shipbuilders of the Hartlepools' courtesy of Bert Spaldin

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