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Name: PILOT
Launched: 1873
Completed: 08/1873
Builder: Heckels Bros, Lime Kiln Shore, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 91grt, 9nrt, 88.6 x 18.7 x 9.6ft
Engines: SL1cyl (33.25 x 57ins), 36nhp
Engines By: Thomas Hepple, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 65470
History:
15/08/1873 Robert Gray, Francis Stafford et al, Blyth; registered at North Shields
1874 James Coltman& William Leighton, North Shields: renamed BALMORAL
05/06/1874 William Brogg Leighton, Newcastle; registered at North Shields
04/1876 Amsterdamsche Kanaal Maatschappij, The Netherlands
No later history known
Comments: Engine was manufactured in 1866