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Name: HERO
Launched:
Completed: 1846
Builder: Daniel Bider, East Jarrow
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74grt, 29nrt, 78.3 x 16.8 x 8.4ft; (1870: 68grt, 19nrt)
Engines: L1cyl, 40nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 43557
History:
1846 Unregistered
1847 Caledonian Canal Commission
17/01/1862 John Smith, Aberdeen; registered at Aberdeen
1862 William W Bruce, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
1864 JG Mowle et al, Liverpool
1869 Andrew Pinkerton Gilmore, Belfast; registered at Belfast
1872 Hugh Andrews, Newcastle
08/04/1872 Burnt
Comments: 08/04/1872: Burnt at Warkworth Harbour
Subsequently broken up


Liverpool Mercury, Wednesday, 12/02/1862