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Name: ASIA
Launched: 19/03/1878
Completed: 06/1878
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 113grt, 11nrt, 100.7 x 19.2 x 10.1ft
Engines: L1cyl (37 x 51.5ins), 60nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 69878
History:
19/06/1878 Wright & Henderson; registered at South Shields
by 1883 Thomas Henderson, South Shields
26/04/1887 Sank
Comments: 15/09/1878: Sank in River Tyne after collision with the COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN
26/04/1887: Sank after collision with the CUTHONA off Seaham


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 20/09/1878

Northern Echo, Wednesday, 27/04/1887