TRAFFIC

BUILT BY SPEAKMAN & CO IN 1873 IN RUNCORN. SHE WAS A FRESH WATER AND BAGGAGE TENDER OF ABOUT 155 TONS, WORKING OUT OF LIVERPOOL. IN 1896 SHE WAS SOLD TO LIVERPOOL LIGHTAGE CO ( KEEPING THE SAME NAME AND STILL WORKING OUT OF LIVERPOOL ON THE SAME DUTIES ) . IN 1919 SHE WAS DE-ENGINED AND USED AS A BARGE. SHE WAS SUNK IN 1941 IN A GERMAN AIR RAID, BUT WAS RAISED AND RETURNED TO HER USUAL ROLE. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1955 AT TRANMERE BEACH, MERSEY.