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Name: DART
Launched: 1836
Completed: 1836
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 23grt, 7nrt, 48.6 x 10.3 x 5.9ft
Engines: 1cyl (22 x 42ins), 18nhp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7634
History:
1836 Unknown owner
1840 David Renwick, North Shields
1841 Thomas Bird, John Hunkley & Robert Dodds, Sunderland
24/05/1847 George Johnson, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
1854 Hopper & William Joplin, North Shields
1856 North and South Shields Ferry Co; registered at Shields
1859 Thomas Hutchinson & Robert Curry, Lemington; registered at Newcastle
1872 Sank
Comments: 1872: Sank in Northumberland Dock and became a total wreck
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details