Name: | BRITISH DOMINION |
Launched: | 1840 |
Completed: | 10/09/1840 |
Builder: | James Dowey, North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 58grt, 18nrt, 69.0 x 14.9 x 8.4ft; (4.5ft draft) |
Engines: | 1cyl (30 x ?ins), 30nhp |
Engines by: | JP Almond, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 26139 |
History: | |
1840 | J Jefferson, North Shields |
03/02/1841 | T Luckley, T Elliott, D Taws & J Jefferson, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
09/09/1844 | J Dixon, D Taws & J Jefferson, North Shields |
13/03/1847 | D Taws & J Jefferson, North Shields |
22/01/1852 | D Taws, J Jefferson & MA Corbett, North Shields |
03/10/1853 | D Taws & N Mould, North Shields; registered at Shields |
14/02/1854 | N Mould, North Shields |
04/09/1856 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 04/09/1856: Wrecked while approaching Hauxley Harbour, north of the Tyne |
15/09/1856: Hull, machinery & stores sold at auction for about £75 |
The Newcastle Courant, Friday, September 19, 1856