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Cleethorpes (later Cruising Queen)
Built in 1903 by Gourlay Brothers & Co. of Dundee
Engines : Compound diagonal  25 and 48 in x 45 in  
Length : 190.1 ft 
302 Gross Registered Tons

Operated Humber Estuary ferry services of the Great Central Railway
Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a patrol vessel during World War I
Sold in 1934 to the Hull-based Radcliffe Shipping Co. for service on the Firth of Forth and renamed Cruising Queen
Scrapped in 1935 at Gateshead

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