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Name: CHAMPION
Launched:
Completed: 1857
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 106grt, 18nrt, 99.0 x 18.7 x 10.4ft
Engines: L1cyl, 50nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 20646
History:
14/01/1858 Andrew R Orr, James Park, Archibald Kerr, Alexander Storm, William Strong & Charles Scott
14/01/1858 Trading as Greenock Towing Co; registered at Greenock
15/12/1858 Sunk
Comments: 15/12/1858: Sunk after collision with GLOWWORM
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Glasgow Herald, Friday, December 17, 1858