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Name: BLUE BONNET
Launched: 1857
Completed: 06/1857
Builder: William Thorburn, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 73grt, 14nrt, 83.4 x 17.2 x 9.5ft
Engines: L1cyl, 35nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 18579
History:
25/06/1857 Robert Hall & Henry Fryar, Edinburgh; registered at Leith
1861 DR MacGregor & J Galloway, Leith
07/1864 A Laing & MP Galloway, Leith
11/1865 A Laing & W Thomson, Leith
02/1868 A Laing & E Geoff, Leith
10/1888 Robert Gilmour, Burntisland; registered at Kirkcaldy
10/1891 William Taylor, Grangemouth
01/1892 Forth Towing Co Ltd, Grangemouth
31/07/1892 Lost
Comments: 31/07/1892: Destroyed by fire at Grangemouth


Linlithgowshire Gazette, Saturday, 06/08/1892