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Name: RESCUE
Launched:
Completed: 1867
Builder: Brodie & Maxwell, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 82grt, 17nrt, 85.1 x 17.6 x 9.4ft; (1875: 81grt, 10nrt, 85.1 x 18.9 x 9.0ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 34nhp
Engines By: Robert Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 56508
History:
1867 Anthony R Brown, Matthew Robson & Thomas Hunter, North Shields
1870 Thomas Hunter, North Shields
1874 William Jones, Newport; registered at North Shields
1875 Registered at Newport, Monmouthshire
1879 Sank
Comments: 17/08/1874: Boiler exploded at Newport. Later rebuilt & repaired
28/08/1879: Burnt and sank at mouth of River Usk


Birmingham Daily Post, Tuesday, 18/08/1874

Western Mail (Cardiff), Saturday,30/08/1879