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Name: LIFE GUARD or LIFEGUARD
Launched: 31/03/1858
Completed: 1858
Builder: W Thorburn, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 60grt, 12nrt, 79.7 x 16.2 x 8.6ft
Engines: L1cyl, 29nhp
Engines By: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 21452
History:
07/03/1858 John Robson, North Shields; registered at Shields
03/1866 William Hall & Margaret Dixon, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1874 William Chisholm, North Shields
1875 Dennis Cunningham, Felling Shore
by 1878 Alexander Hay Jr, Peterhead
1879 John Drummond, South Shields
1884 Thomas Lennox, Haworth
05/1887 James Lennox, Grimsby; registered at Grimsby
1891 Broken up
Comments: 17/08/1872: Sank after collision with SARAH ROGERSON. Raised & repaired
May have been chartered to the River Tyne Commission at this time


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 23/08/1872