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Name: JASPER
Launched: 08/05/1863
Completed: 1863
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 123grt, 42nrt, 103.2 x 18.9 x 9.6ft
Engines: L1cyl (38 x 56ins), 50nhp
Engines By: T Hepple & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 45258
History:
1863 River Towing Co (Hendry & Co, managers); registered at Greenock
1867 Unspecified New York owners; renamed FLYING HUNTSMAN
1867 Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow
1868 Registered at Glasgow
1879 JP Rennoldson, South Shields
1879 John Walker, North Shields; registered at North Shields
28/10/1880 Sank
Comments: 15/06/1863 Explosion in boiler off Cumbrae. Fireman killed.
1879: Sale to Rennoldson was a part exchange for FLYING HUNTRESS
28/10/1880: Foundered while entering River Tyne in force-10 winds