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Name: BRITANNIA
Launched: 1831
Completed: 07/1831
Builder: Stephen Wood, South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 22nrt, 53.8 x 13.8 x 6.7ft; (1842: 39grt, 13nrt, 62.2 x 11.6 x 6.8ft)
Engines:
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
19/07/1831 George F Forster, Newcastle & Elizabeth Robertson, North Shields
19/07/1831 Registered at Newcastle
10/09/1834 George & Robert Forster, Newcastle (and execs of E Robertson)
28/04/1835 George & John Forster, Newcastle (and execs of E Robertson)
01/09/1835 George & John Forster, Newcastle and Archibald Hewitson, Wapping, Middlesex
22/09/1838 William Toward, Newcastle
24/12/1842 Joseph Price, Gateshead
08/11/1843 John White, John Bell & George Cone, Middlesbrough
24/04/1844 Registered at Stockton
26/12/1844 F Till, Middlesbrough
25/09/1851 Wrecked
Comments: 1842: Lengthened & repaired by James Dowey, North Shields
25/09/1851: Wrecked, 1/2 a mile north of Coatham, Redcar
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details