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Name: ROBERT STEPHENSON
Launched: 1860
Completed: 05/1860
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74grt, 20nrt, 84.0 x 17.5 x 9.0ft
Engines: 40nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 28567
History:
28/05/1860 Thomas Atkinson et al, North Shields; registered at Shields
1862 Duke of Buccleugh, Leith; registered at Leith
1878 Thomas C Wake, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
05/10/1880 Sank
Comments: 1878: Converted to trawler
05/10/1880: Foundered while fishing 6 miles ESE from Sunderland
All six crewmen rescued by the brig CHEROKEE of London
Thanks to Andrew Hall for the above details