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Name: BESTS
Launched:
Completed: 1857
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 62grt, 9nrt, 77.0 x 16.0 x 8.0ft
Engines: L1cyl, 28nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 15992
History:
05/1857 William & David Bests, Shields
1861 Alfred Bullock et al, Shields
1878 John C Minto, North Shields
25/08/1888 Sank
Comments: 25/08/1888: Foundered after boiler exploded off Whitburn


The Newcastle Weekly Courant, Friday, August 31, 1888