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Name: PERTHSHIRE
Launched: 1840
Completed: 09/1840
Builder: William Cooper & James Gardner, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 65grt, 20nrt, 72.2 x 14.8 x 8.5ft
Engines: L1cyl
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
05/09/1840 Joseph Appleby, Blaydon & James Cowperthwaite, Perth & George Marshall, Newcastle
05/09/1840 Registered at Newcastle
1851 Sank
Comments: 10/1845: Sank near Perth, Scotland. Subsequently raised & repaired
15/05/1851: Register closed as "Lost near South Shields"
Thanks to David Asprey for the above information


Glasgow Herald, Friday, 31/10/1845