Name: | NEWCASTLE |
Launched: | 1824 |
Completed: | 03/1824 |
Builder: | R Ridley, North Shore, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 34tonsb, 65.5 x 16.3 x 7.0ft; |
(1837: 93grt,42nrt, 86.0 x 14.6 x 9.8ft); (1859: 77grt, 32nrt) | |
Engines: | Grasshopper type, 45nhp |
Engines by: | W Hawks, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | (1851: 4376) |
History: | |
29/03/1824 | W Brown, R Anderson, R Digmoure & M Knox, Newcastle |
10/06/1826 | W Lorraine, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
05/07/1833 | John Coull Carr, Bishopswearmouth |
21/12/1836 | William Forster, Wapping |
29/08/1837 | William Copeland, Walter Urquhart, Edward Oswin & Thomas Drape, London; |
Trading as Symington Patent Paddle Towing Co, London | |
03/03/1847 | William Gunston, Walter Urquhart, Edward Oswin & Thomas Drape, London; |
Trading as Ship Owners' Towing Co, London | |
01/11/1851 | Registered at London |
22/05/1858 | Thomas Iremonger, Stephen Olliver & Thomas Marshall, Littlehampton |
22/05/1858 | Registered at Arundel |
08/08/1863 | W Nutter and G Winton, Littlehampton |
1866 | Broken up |
Comments: | 05/04/1837: Lengthened and rebuilt |
Possibly renamed NEPTUNE for a period during 1840s | |
1866: Registry closed as "stated to be broken up" | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |