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Name: ELECTRIC
Launched: 24/05/1883
Completed: 09/1883
Builder: Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 84grt, 6nrt, 86.4 x 17.8 x 9.5ft
Engines: Beam engine, L1cyl (30.4 x 49ins), 32nhp
Engines by: RB Findley & Son, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 84881
History:
11/09/1883 William & George Stephenson and John Bell, North Shields; registered North Shields
1891 William & George Stephenson, Robert Bell and William Garrick, North Shields
1892 George Stephenson, Robert Bell and William Garrick, North Shields
1898 John Bell Stoker, North Shields
1910 Thomas, George, Kate & Margery Watson, North Shields
1919 Broken up
Comments: 1883: Allocated fishing registration number SN1394 at North Shields
Above details kindly provided by David Asprey


Above painting is courtesy of Jane Stephenson

Shields Daily News, Friday, 25/05/1883