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