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Name: PROVIDENCE
Launched: 1870
Completed: 10/1870
Builder: Thomas Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 51grt, 5nrt, 72.6 x 15.6 x 8.2ft
Engines: SL1cyl (25.75 x 45ins), 21nhp
Engines by: Thomas Hepple & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 62360
History:
04/10/1870 Robert Armstrong, Newcastle
30/03/1871 Unknown Owner, Overseas
03/1882 Peter Cunningham, North Shields
01/04/1882 Sank
Comments: 30/03/1871: Sold at Amsterdam to unknown overseas buyer
01/04/1882: Sank at entrance to Tyne after a collision


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 07/04/1882