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Name: GOLD DIGGER or GOLD-DIGGER
Launched: 1870
Completed: 10/1870
Builder: R Stobbs, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 77grt, 7nrt, 82.4 x 17.4 x 9.3ft
Engines: 30nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 62999
History:
31/10/1870 Joseph Gray, South Shields; registered at South Shields
by 1882 Gray & Gibson, South Shields
by 1886 Gray & Murray, North Shields
10/02/1886 Wrecked
Comments: By 1886: Converted for use as a trawler
10/02/1886: Run ashore near Spittal Point, Bewick, to avoid sinking
Subsequently became a total wreck


Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 17/02/1886