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Name: GRACE DARLING
Launched:
Completed: 1851
Builder: T Young & Son, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 28grt, 11nrt, 61.6 x 10.9 x 6.4ft
Engines: 12nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2020
History:
03/10/1851 J Rutter, Shields
1855 J Rutter and J & T Bewick; registered at Shields
1857 A Strong et al, Shields
1859 W Joplin et al, Shields
1860 William Cowey, North Shields
by 1876 John Dodds, South Shields
by 1879 John T Potts, Newcastle
No further history known
Comments: Also described as built at Whitehill Point, Northumberland
1897: Register closed


Northern Echo, Friday, 01/06/1877