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Name: PUNCH
Launched:
Completed: 1854
Builder: Money Wigram & Sons, Blackwall
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 115grt, 31nrt, 88.5 x 17.0 x 9.9ft; (1859: 101.7 x 18.1 x 9.9ft); (1895: 117grt, 0nrt)
Engines: 2 x L1cyl (30 x 52ins), 60nhp; (1895: 2 x L1cyl (30 x 50ins), 60nhp)
Engines by: John Stewart & Son, Blackwall
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 12756
History:
1854 William Watkins and Alfred Soanes, London
23/01/1855 Registered at London
11/1895 Charles Dyble, North Shields
01/1902 George E Henderson at al, Newcastle
06/1902 United Towing Company Ltd (George E Henderson, manager), Jarrow
02/1908 John R Thompson, Sunderland
27/10/1911 Sank
Comments: Original engine, manufactured in 1845, was transferred from LORD WARDEN
11/1895: Re-engined by John Stewart & Son, Blackwall. Engine manufactured in 1891
27/10/1911: Sank at moorings at North Shields during a strong gale
02/11/1911: Raised and placed ashore in Jarrow Slake; subsequently broken up
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details