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Name: MISS ROBERTS
Launched:
Completed: 03/1870
Builder: Heckels Bros, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 54grt, 5nrt, 76.7 x 15.8 x 8.2ft
Engines: L1cyl (26 x 43ins), 22nhp
Engines By: Heckels Bros, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 60542
History:
03/1870 Hugh Roberts et al, Newcastle; registered at North Shields
1875 George Smith et al, South Shields; registered at North Shields
02/1883 Crawford Noble Jnr, Aberdeen; registered at Aberdeen
1886 John Coulson, South Shields; registered at South Shields
06/1897 Thomas Hutchinson, Monkwearmouth
12/1900 Sank
Comments: 05/12/1900: Whilst seeking out of Sunderland, the engine discharge pipe burst
and she sank 4.5 miles east of Hartlepool