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Name: GOOD INTENT
Launched: 1838
Completed: 1838
Builder: Samuel Dodgin, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 55grt, 17nrt, 64.3 x 13.8 x 8.1ft; (1859: 50grt, 6nrt, 64.3 x 14.6 x 8.0ft)
Engines: 1cyl, 25nhp
Engines by: J & J Wait, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7256
History:
1838 South Shields Steam Boat Co, Newcastle
22/08/1846 William Rippon, Seaham; registered at Newcastle
1858 George Foreman et al, Shields; registered at Shields
1859 A Bullock, Shields
No later history known
Comments: 1845: Laid up out of repair
01/10/1861: Seriously damaged in a collision with HARRY CLASPER


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 04/10/1861