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Name: CALEDONIA
Launched: 05/01/1905
Completed: 1832
Builder: Stephen Wood & John Elliott, South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 37grt, 23nrt, 57.4 x 14.2 x 7.0ft
Engines: (1857: 24nhp); (1861: 25nhp)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 12184
History:
01/06/1833 William Turnbull & Henry Margham, Walker; Thomas Potts, St Anthony's;
and Margaret Heppell, Gateshead
06/1836 James Cuckow, Ipswich
17/02/1846 William Read, Ipswich; registered at Ipswich
25/07/1851 John Mann Jr, Colchester; registered at Colchester
1859 William Haymen, Rochester
22/06/1860 Registered at Rochester
1863 Broken up
Comments: 1861: Thomas Crisp, Engineer slipped & crushed to death in engine
21/12/1863: Registration cancelled as 'broken up'
Thanks to David Asprey & Pete Bullimore for the above details


The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, 14/08/1841