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Name: PIONEER
Launched: 1862
Completed: 09/1862
Builder: J Conley, Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 98grt, 26nrt, 92.6 x 18.4 x 10.3ft
Engines: L2cyl, 60nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 44316
History:
24/10/1862 Nicholas & William Strong, Cardiff; registered at Shields
1863 Hugh Andrews Jnr, Belfast; registered at Belfast
1867 Thomas Hepple, Low Walker
1867 Laws, Cleugh & Co, North Shields
1867 Archibald Muir, Thomas Wilson & Hugh Leach, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
1873 Archibald Muir & Thomas Wilson, Liverpool
1877 Joseph Maycock, Hull; registered at Hull
1882 Edward R Peek & Jonathan Carmichael, Hull
1884 Edward R Peek, Hull
1888 Hull Central Dry Dock & Engineering Works Ltd, Hull
16/04/1889 T Gray & Co Ltd, Hull
1894 Broken up
Comments: 20/12/1893: Sank in the Albert Dock, Hull
Subsequently raised & broken up


Shields Daily News, Friday, 21/06/1867