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Name: CHAMPION
Launched: 1836
Completed: 23/02/1836
Builder: Andrew Bell, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 45grt, 13nrt, 60.7 x 13.8 x 7.4ft
Engines: 1cyl (23.5 x 40ins), 24hp
Engines by: Thomas Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
10/05/1836 Joseph Richardson, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
03/06/1848 R Sadler, North Shields
09/11/1848 Registered at Shields
02/1854 Lost
Comments: 1854: Believed to have been wrecked