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Name: ALDERMAN RIDLEY
Launched: 1861
Completed: 07/1861
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 55grt, 18nrt, 75.1 x 15.3 x 8.4ft
Engines: 1cyl, 25nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 43591
History:
13/07/1861 Robert Broadbelt Trotter, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
16/05/1864 Coleraine Town Commissioners, Coleraine
08/1867 Registered at Coleraine
1874 James Douglass, Coleraine
17/03/1885 Sank
Comments: Licensed to carry 264 x passengers
17/03/1885: Sank after collision with CAPTAIN PARRY of Dublin,
about 2 miles SSE of Poolbec Lighthouse, Co Dublin
Thanks to David Asprey & John Evans for the above details