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Name: ALMA
Launched: 1855
Completed: 04/1855
Builder: Jonathan Robson, Blackwall, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 41grt, 11nrt, 73.0 x 13.9 x 7.0ft
Engines: L1cyl, 20nhp
Engines by: Jonathan Robson, Blackwall, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 14503
History:
23/04/1856 Margaret Charleton, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1859 Robert Moore, Newcastle
1882 John Crooks, Felling Shore, Gateshead
1884 John Crooks, South Shields
1894 John Crooks, Edward Smith & William Featherstone, South Shields
1896 John Crooks & William Featherstone, South Shields
04/1901 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


JUDITH (R) with HEATHER BELL inboard. Photo is courtesy of Malcolm Donnelly. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

The Newcastle Courant, Friday, April 15, 1859