Name: | COMET |
Launched: | 1833 |
Completed: | 1833 |
Builder: | Edward Robson, South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 41grt, 13nrt, 56.0 x 12.6 x 7.2ft; (1840: 47grt, 17nrt, 62.9 x 12.6 x 7.6ft) |
Engines: | L1cyl (24.5 x 34ins), 20hp |
Engines by: | Waites & Co, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
1833 | Thomas Brown, James Sinclair et al, South Shields |
1838 | George Brown & James Sinclair, South Shields |
1839 | William Rendles & John Hall, North Shields |
1839 | Hopper Jobling, Newcastle |
1840 | Anthony Strong, Newcastle |
1844 | Stephen Smith, South Shields |
02/03/1847 | Stephen Gray, Hull; registered at Hull |
23/10/1848 | Sank |
Comments: | 1840: Lengthened by James Dowey at North Shields |
23/10/1848: Wrecked on Spurn Point |
The Morning Chronicle (London), Wednesday, 25/10/1848
The Hull Packet and East Riding Times, Friday, 27/10/1848