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Name: LOUISE CRAWSHAY
Launched: 06/1859
Completed: 08/1859
Builder: Rogerson & Co, St Peter's, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 63grt, 23nrt, 110.8 x 14.1 x 6.5ft
Engines: L2cyl, 30nhp
Engines By: Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 26880
History:
12/08/1859 John Rogerson, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1862 Tyne General Ferry Co, Newcastle
1863 John Rogerson, Newcastle
1863 George Wraith, Newcastle
1864 Heald Mathurin & Co
1864 Unknown owner, Italy
No further history known
Comments: Built as a tug & passenger vessel
1864: Sold to unidentified Italian owner at Constantinople
See details of the intrigue surrounding her trip to the Danube with the
CHESAPEAKE in the section for the shipbuilder John Rogerson


Daily News (London), Friday, 26/08/1859

Leeds Mercury, Saturday, 27/08/1859