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Name: AMELIA
Launched: 1858
Completed: 07/1858
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 69grt, 16nrt, 82.3 x 16.4 x 9.0ft
Engines: 36nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 21740
History:
15/07/1858 Thomas Dawson et al, Hartlepool; registered at Shields
by 1865 Thomas Dawson, North Shields
by 1871 Thomas Dawson, Hartlepool
by 1876 Ellen Dawson, Hartlepool
1876 Samuel Oliver, South Shields; registered at South Shields
1878 Hugh Gorringe, Kingston, Surrey; registered at Shoreham
25/09/1878 Sank
Comments: 19/10/1866: Towed IRON ERA off the Fish Sands at Hartlepool
25/12/1869: Towed schooner PROMISE out of danger at Hartlepool
15/02/1870: Towed STANHOPE off the Middleton Sands at Hartlepool
12/12/1874: Towed schooner LADY OF THE LAKE off the bar at Hartlepool
25/09/1878: Sank in Shoreham harbour after a collision with a hopper


Sussex Advertiser, Tuesday, 01/10/1878