Name: | COMET |
Launched: | 1833 |
Completed: | 30/04/1833 |
Builder: | Edward Robson, South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 41grt, 13nrt, 57.2 x 13.6 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: | |
09/05/1833 | WC Lee, A West, T Brown, J Sinclair & N Brown, South Shields |
09/05/1833 | Registered at Newcastle |
06/11/1835 | WC Lee, A West & J Sinclair, South Shields |
13/11/1835 | WC Lee & J Sinclair, South Shields |
05/09/1837 | G Brown & J Sinclair, South Shields |
14/06/1838 | C & A Strong, South Shields |
13/04/1839 | William Rendles & John Hall, North Shields |
22/06/1839 | Hopper Jobling, Newcastle |
07/04/1840 | Anthony Strong, Newcastle |
11/10/1844 | 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