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Name: GIPSY KING
Launched:
Completed: 1872
Builder: James Jackson, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 58grt, 4nrt, 75.3 x 15.9 x 8.3ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 26nhp
Engines By: Wear Engine Works
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 68881
History:
1872 George Lindsay et al, Sunderland
1873 Registered at Sunderland
1891 Charles Copeland & John Jewitt; registered at Grimsby
1901 William Todd, Jarrow
1913 William, James & Mary Robson, Lemington & Scotswood
1920 William Brown & Thomas Hunter, Newcastle
1924 Broken up
Comments: 1872: A group of Sunderland pilots


Above & below: Postcard courtesy of Rick Cox

Interesting Todd family connection mentioned on reverse of card