Name: | SEVERN |
Launched: | 1862 |
Completed: | 1862 |
Builder: | Stothert & Marten, Hotwells, Bristol |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 98grt, 39nrt, 85.6 x 17.4 x 9.2ft |
Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (28 x 54ins), 60nhp |
Engines by: | Stothert & Marten, Hotwells, Bristol |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 44257 |
History: | |
1862 | Bristol Channel Steam Towing Co Ltd, Cardiff |
20/07/1863 | Registered at Cardiff |
1866 | Robert Bellhouse, Manchester; registered at Liverpool |
1879 | Martha Nicholson, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
by 1885 | Thomas Pinkney, Sunderland |
1892 | William & Thomas Pinkney, Sunderland |
1895 | James Baird & John Barnsley, North Shields |
No further history known | |
Comments: | 1862: Launched for WH Martin, Cardiff |
1862: Not registered at Cardiff | |
1899: Converted into a lighter for inland use. Register closed |
Pictured in 1886 at the launch of the HERACLIDES in Sunderland. Photo courtesy of Eddie Frost