This is the North shields wooden paddle trawler Electric SN1394,she was built in 1883 as a tug but,like many of her kind was converted for fishing and was so employed until superceded by purpose built screw trawlers.clearly visible as she enters the Tyne, are the towing bow on her after decks and,amidships,the derrick and the samson post fitted for the handling of trawl nets.
The Electric reverted to towage in 1893 and is recorded as having ventured out 100 mile in the North sea on a rescue mission as late as 1912.
This study was by John Davison Liddell ,a painter of inshore and riverine subjects,mainly on Tyneside,
BrianD
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