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Name: OLIVE
Launched: 1846
Completed: 1846
Builder: William & Thomas Nelson, St Peter's Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 73grt, 26nrt, 72.6 x 15.8 x 8.3ft
Engines: L1cyl (31 x 44ins), 34nhp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 23690
History:
22/07/1846 William & Thomas Nelson; registered at Newcastle
01/05/1849 John & William Bell and James Armstrong, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
11/11/1853 Sunderland Dock Co, Sunderland
1859 River Wear Commissioners, Sunderland
07/09/1859 Sank
Comments: 07/09/1859: Caught fire and sank at Sunderland
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Newcastle Courant, Friday, September 16, 1859