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Name: FAVOURITE
Launched:
Completed: 1860
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 42grt, 10nrt, 70.5 x 14.7 x 7.6ft
Engines: 25nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 29867
History:
1860 Edward Brown; registered at Sunderland
1864 James Dodds, North Shields; registered at Shields
1868 Jas Dodds et al, North Shields
1874 James Ridley, Bill Quay
1888 John Ridley, Bill Quay; registered at North Shields
1891 Sank
Comments: 08/07/1891: Sank following a collision near Whitehill Point
Believed to have then been raised & broken up


The Newcastle Weekly Courant, Saturday, 11/07/1891