Name: | MORNING STAR |
Launched: | 1832 |
Completed: | 21/03/1832 |
Builder: | Thomas Potts, St Anthony's, Northumberland |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 20tonsb, 56.0 x 14..3 x 7.5ft; (1840: 44grt, 9nrt, 54.7 x 13.3 x 7.7ft) |
Engines: | 1cyl (24 x 28ins), 32hp |
Engines by: | Thomas Bulcraig, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
24/04/1832 | J Gibson, J Johnson & WH Ainsworth et al; registered at Newcastle |
21/04/1835 | J Johnson, H Mayors & J Dove, Newcastle |
05/02/1839 | W Lindley & J Patterson, Newcastle |
10/12/1839 | T Stoker, North Shields |
18/04/1840 | Thomas Stokoe, North Shields and Mark Friar & Robert Hall, Chirton |
30/04/1841 | Ralph Stoker & John Swanson, Leith and Mark Friar & Robert Hall, Chirton |
06/03/1844 | Ralph Stoker, Leith and Mark Friar & Robert Hall, Chirton, North Shields |
1846 | Broken up |
Comments: | 28/04/1839: A boiler exploded at Willington Quay |
13/06/1846: Register closed as "Broken up" | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Thanks to Pete Bullimore for this cutting from Friday 03/05/1839