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Name: BLUE JACKET
Launched: 1857
Completed: 1857
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 80grt, 17nrt, 85.8 x 17.0 x 9.0ft
Engines: 40hp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 18694
History:
18/04/1857 Unknown owner; registered at Shields
1858 John Rutter, Shields
by 1860 Unknown owner; registered at St John's, Newfoundland
by 1862 Walter Grieve, St John's, Newfoundland
28/09/1862 Burnt
Comments: 28/09/1862: Burnt at Conception Bay, while operating as a Coaster
Thanks to Mick O'Rourke for the above details