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Name: JOHN LEE
Launched:
Completed: 1844
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 103grt, 28nrt, 90.2 x 17.0 x 9.0ft; (1852: 105grt, 35nrt)
Engines: 120nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 12755
History:
1844 Mark Melville, Shadwell, Jonathan & John Hall, Newcastle
05/1845 Southampton Dock Company
19/12/1850 William Watkins, London
1852 Registered at London
1866 Broken up
Comments: 1850: Reported as unofficially renamed SAUCY JACK until 1852
1852: Refurbished and reboilered.
1866: Broken up by Beech & Castle at Charlton
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details


The Morning Chronicle (London), Wednesday, 27/08/1851