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Name: DARING
Launched: 1876
Completed: 09/1876
Builder: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 123
Dimensions: 135grt, 24nrt, 106.9 x 19.1 x 10.0ft
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl (28 x 51ins), 70nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 73715
History:
25/09/1876 William Sandford, Gravesend; registered at London
1878 William Sandford et al, Gravesend
1886 Robert Redhead & MH Redhead (t/a Robert Redhead & Son), Newcastle
05/1903 Mark H Redhead & Susannah White (t/a Robert Redhead & Son), Newcastle
06/1916 J Redhead & S White (t/a Robert Redhead & Son), Newcastle
12/1916 Wrecked
Comments: 19/12/1916: Stranded south of St Mary's Island, Northumberland.
All five crew saved


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