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Name: ONWARD
Launched:
Completed: 1860
Builder: William Nelson, North Shore, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 55grt, 11nrt, 76.2 x 15.3 x 8.1ft
Engines: L1cyl, 25nhp
Engines By: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 27898
History:
1/1860 William Nelson & Edward Trotter; registered at Newcastle
12/1860 William Armstrong, South Shields
3/1868 William Forster Sr & Jr, Gateshead
1896 Broken up
Comments: 24/03/1865: Sank after a collision near North Shields
Raised the next day & subsequently repaired.
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details