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Name: ROBERT BURNS
Launched: 1865
Completed: 07/1865
Builder: J Brodie, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 86grt, 27nrt, 86.6 x 18.5 x 9.4ft
Engines: 35nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 49777
History:
08/07/1865 Andrew Bain, Shields
1868 Henry Burgoyne, Newport, Monmouth
1870 Antonio Alex Ralli, London
09/1872 Sank
Comments: 1870: Probably based at Constantinople/Istanbul
08/1872: Ran onto a shoal near Proti Island in the Sea of Marmara
Subsequently re-floated but sank in Beyeukdereh Bay
On a voyage from Princes' Islands to Constantinople
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 28/09/1872