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Name: JASPER
Launched: 12/01/1870
Completed: 05/1870
Builder: Thomas Hepple & Co, Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 65grt, 5nrt, 78.0 x 16.8 x 8.8ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 26nhp
Engines By: Thomas Hepple & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 60546
History:
05/1870 Thomas Stoker; registered at North Shields
1871 Unknown Amsterdam owners
1880 Daniel Gamman & John Elliot, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1881 Daniel Gamman & James Elliot, North Shields
1896 John & Jacob Todd & Robert Ord, South Shields
1900 Thomas Dowson Sr & Jr, South Shields
1905 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above photo, thought to be JASPER, courtesy of Eddie Frost