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Name: HOTSPUR
Launched: 1838
Completed: 09/04/1838
Builder: Daniel Bider, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 42grt, 13nrt, 61.5 x 13.3 x 7.3ft
Engines: 1cyl, 15nhp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 5000
History:
12/05/1838 Robert Hudspeth, St Peter's & Matthew Wharrier, Whitehill Point and
Robert Pye & William Stephenson, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
17/10/1840 Robert Strong et al, North Shields
15/10/1846 William Minto, Newcastle
No further history known
Comments: 12/01/1855: Towed CHAMPION off rocks at St Anthony's Point on the Tyne.
Awarded £15 salvage
Builder also seen as Daniel Ryder