Name: | CHESAPEAKE |
Launched: | |
Completed: | 1856 |
Builder: | Robert & Richard Stobbs, North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 54grt, 12nrt, 76.2 x 15.3 x 8.3ft; (1869: 5nrt); (1881: 0nrt); (1892: 3nrt) |
Engines: | L1cyl, 26nhp |
Engines By: | Hepple & Landell, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 14582 |
History: | |
1856 | Benjamin Pearson, North Shields; registered at Shields |
07/1861 | Alexander McKinnon, Greenock; registered at Glasgow |
1863 | Alexander & William McKinnon, Greenock |
1890 | Alexander John McKinnon, Greenock |
1894 | Broken up |
Comments: | 28/01/1871: Sank in Loch Long. |
Subsequently raised and repaired | |
1894: Sold to be broken up | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Daily News (London), Wednesday, February 1, 1871