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Name: LIGHTNING
Launched:
Completed: 1870
Builder: JD Burdis North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74grt, 9nrt, 83.7 x 17.2 x 9.3ft
Engines: 36nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 62991
History:
1870 Joseph Storey; registered at South Shields
1874 William Wright et al, South Shields
22/10/1876 Sank
Comments: 22/10/1876: Sank after a collision off the Tyne


Sunderland Daily Echo, Monday, 23/10/1876