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Name: NORFOLK HERO
Launched:
Completed: 05/1861
Builder: Hepple & Landells, Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 71grt, 25nrt, 85.5 x 16.6 x 8.8ft
Engines: 35nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Landells, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 29705
History:
1861 John Wilson & John Leithead, North Shields
1862 Hugh Sheridan et al, Dublin; registered at Dublin
1862 Charles Palgrave et al, Dublin
1865 Michael Murphy, Dublin
1874 Robert Tedcastle, Dublin
1882 Richard McGreevy, Belfast; registered at Belfast
1883 Thomas Marlbrough Scott, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
08/1887 James Henry Wood Culliford et al, Sunderland
1888 Anthony Irwing, Sunderland
1900 Fergus Graham & Harrison Snowball, Newcastle
1901 Broken up
Comments: 1901: Possibly broken up by F Graham & Co
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details