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Name: ECHO
Launched: 1856
Completed: 09/1856
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 65grt, 17nrt, 81.3 x 16.1 x 8.0ft; (1871: 81.3 x 16.1 x 8.7ft)
Engines: 1cyl (32 x ?ins), 33nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 17051
History:
27/09/1856 William Gibson; registered at Shields
1858 William & Charles Chrystall Duncan; registered at Stockton
1873 James Watson, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle; renamed HARRY PEILE
1882 Thomas Wilson, Gateshead
No later history known
Comments: 1880: At auction, but withdrawn after only £120 was bid
09/1882: Offerd for sale at auction without a reserve price