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Name: BOB CHAMBERS
Launched: 1864
Completed: 08/1864
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 85grt, 28nrt, 90.2 x 18.9 x 9.2ft; (1871: 23nrt); (1875: 86grt, 24nrt)
Engines: L1cyl, 49nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 49747
History:
02/08/1864 John Wilson, North Shields; registered at Shields
1864 John Williams, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
1871 Peter Gibbs et al, Cardiff
1875 William Williams, Newport; registered at Newport, Monmouthshire
19/10/1882 Wrecked
Comments: 1874: Damaged by fire at Newport. Subsequently rebuilt
19/10/1882: Ashore at Sand Bay, near Aberthaw & a total wreck
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details