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