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Name: DIAMOND
Launched: 1833
Completed: 13/10/1833
Builder: William Sorry, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 22tonsb, 54.6 x 13.8 x 6.7ft; (1840: 42grt, 18nrt, 63.0 x 13.2 x 7.3ft)
Engines: 1cyl (19.75 x 39ins), 10hp
Engines by: Thomas D Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1833 William Milburn, Newcastle
27/04/1835 James Miller, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
04/09/1837 J Forster, J Johnston and W & T Jolliffe, Newcastle
25/05/1839 South Shields & Newcastle Merchants Steam Packet Co, Newcastle
29/08/1840 T Stoker & W Milburn, North Shields
16/09/1842 T Stoker, W Milburn, J Dunn & J Redhead, Newcastle
12/11/1842 T Stoker, W Milburn, J Dunn, J Redhead & M Fryer, Newcastle
1846 Lost
Comments: 1840: Rebuilt by Thomas Stoker at North Shields
17/11/1846: Register closed as "Vessel Lost"