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Name: BOB CHAMBERS
Launched:
Completed: 1865
Builder: John Cooper, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 93grt, 33nrt, 95.8 x 18.4 x 9.6ft
Engines: SL1cyl; 50nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 49761
History:
1865 John Wilson, North Shields
1865 Peter Gibbs, Cardiff
1871 Thompson Johnson Newton, South Shields
1876 John Duncan, Greenock
1880 James T Harvey, Belfast
1885 Sank
Comments: 25/11/1885: Run down & sank in Belfast Lough. Total wreck
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details