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 |