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Name: HERO
Launched:
Completed: 1868
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 97grt, 11nrt, 96.4 x 18.0 x 9.3ft
Engines: 60nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60806
History:
1868 Daniel Stuart Mitchell, Gravesend; registered at London
1873 James B & Howard Elkington, Carmarthen; registered at Llanelly
1876 Howard Elkington, Burry Port, Carmarthen
1879 Richard Benbow, Burry Port, Carmarthen
02/03/1888 John Barry Knapton, Scarborough; registered at Scarborough
08/11/1889 Francis Goodwill & William Hill Forrest, Scarborough
06/08/1897 Francis Goodwill, Scarborough
25/02/1908 AW Stephenson
22/07/1908 J Sellars
12/10/1908 Broken up
Comments: 06/08/1897: On the death of William Hill Forrest
25/02/1908: Sold by mortgagees Jas Sellars & son
12/10/1908: Sold to John Knox, Southwick, Sunderland for breaking up
Thanks to George Westwood for the above details