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Name: ROYAL ALBERT
Launched: 1862
Completed: 04/1862
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 65grt, 23nrt, 78.4 x 16.5 x 8.7ft
Engines: L1cyl, 25nhp
Engines by: Probably by the Shipbuilder
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 44286
History:
15/04/1862 Edward Pearson & Thomas Johnson, South Shields; registered at Shields
1864 George Peter Penney, Poole; registered at Poole
1878 Robert Horne Penney, Southwick; registered at Shoreham
23/06/1881 John Dixon Bootiman, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
02/08/1884 Sank
Comments: 02/08/1884: After leaving Dunbar she foundered 20 miles off St Abbs Head
Thanks to David Asprey & John Evans for the above details