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Name: JANE AND PHOEBE
Launched: 1852
Completed: 1852
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 57grt, 17nrt, 70.0 x 14.6 x 8.2ft; (1862: 50grt, 13nrt, 72.7 x 15.9 x 8.2ft)
Engines: 31nhp; (1862: 35nhp)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 6234
History:
20/12/1852 Robert Wandless; registered at Sunderland
19/10/1854 Thomas MacKay; registered at Stockton
1861 Stockton and Darlington Railway Co, Middlesbrough
1878 North Eastern Railway Co, York
1879 Registered at Middlesbrough
1893 City Wherry & Lighter Co, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1895 Thomas Simpson, St Anthony's
1898 Thomas Robson, Byker
No further history known
Comments: 13/09/1852: Builder's certification
1862: Rebuilt
1899: Register closed and broken up by 1901


Above detail from registration documents is courtesy of Ian Buxton