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Name: HUGH BOURNE
Launched: 1871
Completed: 09/09/1871
Builder: Brodie & Maxwell, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74grt, 7nrt, 80.5 x 17.0 x 9.1ft
Engines: SL1cyl (29 x 48ins), 29nhp
Engines by: Heckels Bros, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 65405
History:
13/09/1871 Peter Cunningham, North Shields; registered at North Shields
20/06/1872 John Penrose & Alfred Allen, Cork
1884 The Queenstown Towing Co Ltd; registered at Cork
by 1888 James Douglass, Dublin
04/1889 George & Robert Legg et al, South Shields; registered at South Shields
1918 Sank
Comments: 13/04/1889: James Douglass sold 48/64ths to George Legg for £132.75
24/04/1889: George Legg sold 32/64ths to Robert Legg for £88.5
13/02/1918: Sank after striking supposed sunken wreckage off St Mary's Island


The above photo is thought to have been taken in about 1915 and is copyright of Peter Langridge

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 10/04/1889

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 13/04/1889

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 06/01/1890