Name: | INDUSTRY |
Launched: | 1848 |
Completed: | 08/1848 |
Builder: | George Brown, St Peter's Quay |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 42grt, 19nrt, 67.9 x 12.6 x 6.7ft; (1863: 36grt, 15nrt) |
Engines: | L1cyl, 18nhp |
Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 20904 |
History: | |
22/08/1848 | George Reed, Friar's Goose, Gateshead |
1852 | George Hennet, Teignmouth; registered at Exeter |
27/07/1853 | Thomas WB Hutchings, Teignmouth |
1855 | Samuel Wills, Thomas Hutchings et al, Teignmouth |
186X | Sold to the UK Government |
01/1869 | Mr Bissicks, Bristol |
31/01/1869 | Sank |
Comments: | 1867: Register closed as "Sold to the Government" |
04/02/1869: Lloyd's List reports: Weston-super-Mare - The INDUSTRY | |
(late a Government steam tug) dragged her anchor in the Uphill River on | |
the 31st January and drifted across the bar, struck on the rocks and sank. | |
She now lies near the pier, a total wreck. | |
1869: Sale of salvage from her wreck | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above information |
The Bristol Mercury, Saturday, 25/06/1853
The Bristol Mercury, Saturday, 06/02/1869
The Bristol Mercury, Saturday, 06/03/1869