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Name: QUICKSTEP
Launched: 1877
Completed: 06/1877
Builder: Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 91grt, 9nrt, 91.6 x 18.3 x 9.5ft
Engines: 34nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 76640
History:
20/06/1877 William Chisholm, North Shields
by 1879 Francis Warren, North Shields
by 1880 Robert Laing, North Shields
by 1892 Andrew Bain, North Shields
12/06/1899 Sank
Comments: 12/06/1899: Left the Tyne seeking and was in collision with BROOKSIDE
Sank about three miles off Souter Point, Co Durham
Thanks to John Evans for the above information


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 13/06/1899