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Name: HECLA
Launched:
Completed: 1854
Builder: Thoburn & Grant, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 54grt, 18nrt, 72.0 x 14.0 x 7.6ft; (1860: 72.7 x 15.1 x 8.0ft)
Engines: 25nhp; (1860: 30nhp)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 10161
History:
27/12/1854 Jobes & Charlton, Shields
1859 Hugh Sheridan et al, Dublin
1862 Joseph Hall, Shields
1865 Peter Cunningham, Shields
1866 Sank
Comments: 11/05/1866: Sank after collision with the BRITANNIA at the mouth of the Tyne
Crew saved, master injured