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Name: PREMIER
Launched: 1838
Completed: 07/1838
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 52grt, 15nrt, 63.0 x 14.2 x 7.9ft
Engines: 25hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
18/07/1838 John Wilkinson & Thomas Alexander, Bill Quay; registered at Newcastle
1840 Unknown owner, Overseas
No later history known
Comments: 07/02/1840: British registry closed as "sold foreign"
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 21/09/1839