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Name: LIGHTNING
Launched: 1858
Completed: 08/1858
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 71grt,12nrt, 82.5 x 17.0 x 9.1ft
Engines: L1cyl, 35nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 21746
History:
26/08/1858 John & George Bewick et al, North Shields; registered at Shields
1864 David Renwick, Dublin
1865 Richard G Rainforth, Hull; registered at Hull
1868 Thomas Gray, Hull
1873 Thomas & John Gray, William Tulley and George Ford, Hull
1877 Thomas & John Gray, William Tulley, Hull
1882 Thomas & John Gray, William Tulley and Catherine Precious, Hull
1883 John Gray, William Tulley & Catherine Precious, Hull
1885 John Gray, Emma Tulley, Thomas Newton & Catherine Precious, Hull
1888 T Gray & Company Ltd (George Gray, manager), Hull
1899 Broken up
Comments: 1877: George Ford died
1883: Thomas Gray died
1885: William Tulley died
13/09/1897: Severely damaged in a collision with MANXMAN
Thanks to Bill Harvey & David Asprey for the above details