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Name: PETREL
Launched: 1863
Completed: 04/1863
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 70grt, 23nrt, 81.5 x 17.2 x 9.1ft
Engines: SL2cyl (30.5 & 30.5 x 36ins), 30nhp
Engines by: T Hepple & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 45599
History:
27/02/1863 William & David Best, North Shields; registered at Shields
1864 GB & TN Sully, Bridgwater; registered at Bridgwater
1870 George Bryant Sully, Bridgwater, Somerset
13/03/1873 Robert Lancaster, Hull; registered at Hull
07/01/1874 Joseph Maycock, Hull
28/02/1882 Edward R Peek & John W Carmichael, Hull
25/05/1884 Sank
Comments: 25/05/1884: Stranded at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, on a passage out of Hull
Became a Total Loss
Thanks to John Evans for the above details