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Name: PATRIOT
Launched: 1861
Completed: 05/1861
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 44grt, 14nrt, 71.7 x 15.2 x 7.6ft; (1871: 45grt, 8nrt)
Engines: L1cyl, 21nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 29116
History:
07/05/1861 Johnston & James Hogg and Joseph Atkinson, Newcastle
1870 Alexander, William & Charles C Duncan, Middlesbrough; registered at Middlesbrough
1876 Fairley Downs, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
1877 Martin Fountain Page, Brinton, Norfolk; registered at Wells
1882 Martin Fountain Page & Edward C Turner, Blakeney, North Norfolk
1896 The Pendennis Co Ltd, Sutton Bridge
1897 Thomas & Joseph Simpson, Newcastle
1901 Frederick Gray, Heworth Shore, Gateshead
07/1902 Broken up
Comments: 09/09/1874: Beached after collision with THAMES on the River Tees
1882: The first tug based at Blakeney, North Norfolk
Also allocated fishing registration number LN74 at Lynn, now Kings Lynn
07/1902: Broken up on the Tyne
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above photo is copyright of the Serica East/Blakeney Galleries

Northern Echo, Thursday, September 10, 1874