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Default S.S. Manchester Progress S_edge

And the "Reliant" can now be seen at the Greenwich National Maritime Museum.

She was built by Jos. T. Eltringham at Stone Quay, South Shields. Registered
at Manchester no.5/1907. Off::No:124285.100 feet x 20feet 2inches x 9feet
9inches high (O.A.106'6" x 36'-9").
155-61 Gross. 1-64 Reg. 66 N.H.P. 400 I.H.P. 11 Knots.
New boilers fitted in 1933.
She was last employed by the Seaham Docks & Harbour Company in 1956.