Length (feet) : | 250.2 |
Breadth (feet) : | 35.0 |
Depth (feet): | 14.0 |
Gross Registered Tonnage (g.r.t.) : | 1,134 |
Net Registered Tonnage (n.r.t.) : | 536 |
Engine Type : | Steam Triple Expansion. 265nhp T.3 cyl 23½, 38 & 64 -42 |
Engine Builder : | T. Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool |
Additional Particulars : | Service Speed 14 knots. Completed March 1909; Official No. 124275: Code Letters HNSC.
Masters: 1909 WJ Magrath: 1911 JO Hogg: 1915 T Storm: 1916 AT Gale: 1917 JE Brown: 1918 CW Jordan. |
Whitby Gazette, February 26th, 1909:
Messrs. Irvine’s Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, launched, on Monday, the screw steamer Teessider, for the Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Company Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. The vessel is intended for the passenger and freight trade between the Tyne and London, calling at the Wear, the Hartlepools and the Tees.
Her dimensions are —Length, 265 feet 6 ins. By 16ft. 6ins. depth moulded, having poop 144 ft. and forecastle 44 ft., these decks being of steel sheathed with wood and a ’tween deck is fitted in the forehold for separating cargo. Accommodation for passengers is arranged in a midship house at the fore end of the poop, comprising large, well-ventilated and lighted state rooms, having two berths each, large dining saloon, pantry, bath s. etc.
A promenade deck formed amidships, about eighty feet in length, for the passengers. Particular attention has been paid to the appliances for loading and discharging the vessel. A complete installation of electric light is fitted throughout, including signal lamps, binnacles, and clusters for each hatch, also electric bells for the first-class passengers as well as a complete outfit of oil lamps in case of emergency. The engines are capable of driving the vessel at a speed of fourteen knots. The christening ceremony was gracefully performed Mrs. Claud E. Pease, of Marske-by-the-Sea, a large company being present.