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Name: GEORGE JACKSON
Launched:
Completed: 1866
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 66grt, 11nrt, 76.8 x 17.1 x 8.4ft
Engines: SL1cyl (30.625 x 48ins), 30nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: Unregistered; (1867: 58721)
History:
1866 Unregistered
1867 James Pilling, Manchester; registered at Goole
07/1869 Goole & Hull Steam Towing Co Ltd, Goole
1874 John Robert Lawson, Goole
11/1874 Registered at North Shields; renamed EXPERT
1875 George McKay, Fraserburgh
1879 William Daglish Jr & Edward Aitken, Willington Quay
04/01/1886 Sank
Comments: Sank after collision with ss DESPATCH of London
3 miles ENE of Souter Point, Co Durham
Thanks to David Asprey and John Evans for the above details


Liverpool Mercury, Tuesday, 05/01/1886