Greetings good people- I am a newcomer to your site and a lifelong
paddler fan! I remember seeing Eppleton hall, along with Reliant and
an earlier paddletug called SEAHAM at Seaham harbour many times in my
youth (1950s). My late father went one better- he was a collier
skipper and remembers several occasion being handled into the coaling
staiths at Seaham by the EH. His description "a pretty little tug but
she couldn t pull your cap off!"