| 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 |
Above photo of PUNCH with BALLAARAT is copyright of Royal Museums Greenwich
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