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Name: CHIEFTAIN
Launched:
Completed: 1845
Builder: William Cooper, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 76grt 26nrt 78.0 x 14.4 x 8.9ft
Engines:
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle?
Construction: Wood?
Reg Number:
History:
1845 Thomas Redhead , Middlesbrough
1847 Unknown owner, Glasgow
1848 Glasgow & Greenock Towing Co (Alexander Shearer, Duncan Dow & William Mories)
1848 Registered at Greenock
1854 Alexander Shearer, Colin Caird & Duncan Nicol, Greenock
1855 Sank
Comments: 1855: Lost on voyage to Melbourne