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Name: SOUTER JOHNNY
Launched: 1836
Completed: 01/09/1836
Builder: Stephen Wood, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 87grt, 37nrt, 82.7 x 15.8 x 9.4 ft; (1868: 78grt, 23nrt, 85.2 x 17.6 x 9.4ft)
Engines: Grasshopper type, 1cyl, 60nhp
Engines by: William Hawks, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 6168
History:
12/11/1836 Thomas Petley & John Drysdale, Wapping and Alexander Harrower, London
18/06/1840 Thomas Petley & John Drysdale, Wapping and H McLachlan, London
24/07/1844 Caledonian Steam Towing Co; registered at London
16/04/1856 E Lawson & D Halket, London
15/11/1860 E Lawson, J Selfe & T Jones, London
06/06/1861 J Selfe & T Jones, London
16/10/1863 WT Bridges, GH Rose, T Broomfield & EPH Hardcastle, London
20/02/1866 C Auchenleck & W Gillespie, Tranmere
30/08/1866 C Auchenleck, Tranmere
30/08/1866 S Alexander, Londonderry
16/10/1866 David H Stone & George J Williams, London
09/04/1870 Hugh Andrews Jnr, Belfast
29/07/1873 G Roberts & D Davies, Newcastle and T Price, Middlesbrough
21/01/1878 G Roberts, Newcastle and T Price, Middlesbrough
29/01/1878 G Roberts, Newcastle
25/02/1878 James J Swallow, Monkwearmouth
05/06/1878 JJ & J Swallow, Sunderland
14/10/1878 Sank
Comments: 1861: Valued at £1,500
187x: Converted to a barge
14/10/1879: Capsized & sank in Hartlepool Bay


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 17/10/1879