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Name: HERO
Launched: 1846
Completed: 08/1846
Builder: D Bider, East Jarrow
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 69grt, 20nrt, 74.5 x 15.3 x 8.6ft
Engines: L1cyl, 40nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
31/08/1846 Robert Owens, Archibald Grant & Andrew Brown, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
10/1846 Caledonian Canal Co
No later history known
Comments: 1847: Believed lost, as a replacement of the same name was purchased in 1847
1869: Register closed as "no trace of vessel"