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Name: RESCUE
Launched: 1869
Completed: 10/1869
Builder: W Hepple & Son, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 82grt, 20nrt, 84.3 x 18.0 x 9.4ft
Engines: 33nhp
Engines by: W Hepple & Son, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 63476
History:
07/10/1869 Abraham Collenette, Guernsey; registered at Guernsey
1872 William Warren Bird Snr, Guernsey
1878 Robert Lumley Cook et al, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
02/08/1897 Sank
Comments: 02/08/1897: Sank after a collision with TREVETHIE off Seaham


Above photo is courtesy of Eddie Frost

The Belfast News, Tuesday, 03/08/1897