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Name: ACTIVE
Launched: 1836
Completed: 06/1836
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 49grt, 13nrt, 63.3 x 13.6 x 7.5ft
Engines: L1cyl (27 x ?ins), 25nhp
Engines by: J & J Wait, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 15258
History:
13/06/1836 T, G & N Brown, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
09/08/1847 G & N Brown, South Shields
02/12/1848 George Brown, South Shields & others
26/10/1853 Registered at Shields
24/11/1854 George Brown, South Shields
1858 William Armstrong, South Shields
30/06/1858 William & John Armstrong, South Shields
20/09/1866 John Coulson & ERD Holder, North Shields
27/05/1867 ERD Holder & T Burrell, North Shields
29/10/1867 Registered at North Shields
05/10/1868 ERD Holder, North Shields & PS Wheatley, Middlesbrough
24/03/1869 Registered at Middlesbrough
27/03/1869 PS Wheatley & J Duffield, Middlesbrough
23/04/1869 PS Wheatley, J Duffield & W Truefitt, Middlesbrough
06/12/1869 PS Wheatley & W Truefitt, Middlesbrough and A Petrie, Stockton
12/1873 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details