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Name: SIR ROBERT HAWKS
Launched: 1835
Completed: 09/12/1835
Builder: William Forster, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 82grt, 44nrt, 76.3 x 15.2 x 8.5 ft
Engines: Grasshopper type, 30nhp
Engines by: W Hawks, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 4377
History:
16/12/1835 William Forster, Wapping; registered at London
18/05/1836 Symington Patent Paddle Towing Co, London
09/09/1846 Company restyled as Shipowners' Towing Co, London
29/09/1856 J Walker, TJ Walker & G Inglis, Gravesend
25/08/1859 WH Walker, Gravesend
13/06/1861 J Walker, Gravesend
1862 Broken up
Comments: 30/12/1845: Sank in Sea Reach, River Thames, following collision with THE CAMPBELLS
Subsequently raised & repaired
04/1866: Register closed


Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper, Sunday, 04/01/1846