Name: | SAMSON |
Launched: | 1839 |
Completed: | 05/1839 |
Builder: | John Stephenson, North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 55grt, 19nrt, 65.3 x 14.0 x 8.1ft; (1857: 50grt, 1nrt, 67.1 x 16.1 x 8.2ft) |
Engines: | 1cyl (25 x ?ins), 30nhp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 17945 |
History: | |
30/05/1839 | Mark Melvill, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
11/06/1839 | James Harrison, Wisbech |
12/11/1839 | Wisbech Steam Towing Co ( James Harrison, mgr); registered at Wisbech |
by 1848 | John Stoneham Buckley became manager |
05/1850 | John Marshall, Tydd |
1851 | James Swallow, Whitby; registered at Whitby |
21/04/1855 | John Lawrence et al, Inverness; registered at Inverness |
03/1857 | James Gordon, Inverness |
31/07/1858 | Thomas Reay, St Anthony's; registered at Newcastle |
1861 | Edward Clarkson, Friar's Goose, Gateshead |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 05/1850: Cost at auction £320 |
1861: Engine removed (50grt, 50nrt) | |
1867: British registry closed | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |