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Name: ENGINEER
Launched: 02/1853
Completed: 03/1853
Builder: J Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 54grt, 21nrt, 69.5 x 13.4 x 7.8ft; (1857: 47grt, 13nrt)
Engines: 25nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields. Boilers by JT Eltringham, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2296
History:
16/05/1853 Thomas Hunter, AR Grant & W Gibson, Shields
1855 Robert Redhead et al, Newcastle
1861 John W Robson, North Shields
1867 John Anderson & Robert Chater, North Shields
1869 Sank
Comments: 19/03/1853: Boiler explosion whilst off the Tyne. Towed back to port
08/07/1869: Sank after collision with collier JR HINDE off Seaham Harbour


Glasgow Sentinel, Saturday, 19/03/1853

The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 09/07/1869