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Name: CALEDONIA
Launched: 1846
Completed: 12/1846
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 61grt, 19nrt, 72.9 x 14.8 x 8.2ft
Engines: 1cyl (29 x 37ins), 30nhp
Engines by: Conley & Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7266
History:
22/12/1846 S Bengall; registered at Newcastle
1859 FT Leach; registered at Stockton
1861 Joseph Wardle et al, Sunderland
1864 Ralph Robson, Newcastle
1866 Robert & Stephenson Chisholm; registered at North Shields
1871 George Moffat, Jarrow
1878 John Chisholm, Sunderland
1882 Thomas W Thompson, Hull; registered at Hull
1883 Sank
Comments: 12/12/1883: Whilst seeking, the vessel was caught in NW force 9 gale
The funnel collapsed and the vessel was abandoned to become a total loss
in a position near the Bull Buoy on the Humber
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details


The Hull Packet and East Riding Times, Friday, 14/12/1883