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Name: JOHN USHER
Launched:
Completed: 11/1859
Builder: Hepple & Landells, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74grt, 23nrt, 85.0 x 17.3 x 9.0ft
Engines: L1cyl,35nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Landells, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 27702
History:
11/1859 Joseph Ostens & John Chisholm, North Shields; registered at Shields
1885 Tyne Improvement Commissioners, Newcastle
1907 William H Loveridge, West Hartlepool; registered at Whitby
1908 Woodman Hill, London
31/05/1912 Sank
Comments: 31/05/1912: Foundered in the North Sea off Skinningrove