RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | LORD ELGIN |
| Type | Iron passenger paddle steamer |
| Yard Number | 216 |
| Launched | 08/02/1876 |
| Completed | 03/1876 |
| Off. Number | 70774 |
| Engine builder | T. Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool |
| Engine type | C 2 cyl. |
| GRT | 204 |
| Length (feet) | 160.0 |
| Beam (feet) | 20.0 |
| First owner | J. Kidd, Leith |
| History | 1881 Bournemouth and South Coast S.P. Co. |
| 1904 Owner aquired by Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd. | |
| 1910 Converted to cargo steamer | |
| Fate | 1955 broken up as the last British paddle cargo vessel. |
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