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Name: AMERICA
Launched:
Completed: 04/1876
Builder: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 96grt, 19nrt, 92.0 x 18.5 x 9.4ft
Engines: L1cyl, 50nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 70417
History:
1876 Charles Dyble et al, North Shields
1893 Charles Dyble Jr et al, North Shields (his father died)
1898 John Moralee Jr et al, South Shields
1904 Joseph Carney, Sunderland
1909 Broken up
Comments:


AMERICA leaving the South Dock at Sunderland when owned by Joseph Carney

Photo courtesy of Eddie Frost