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Name: SPIRIT OF THE TYNE
Launched: 1857
Completed: 09/1857
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 83grt, 20nrt, 88.1 x 17.0 x 9.7ft
Engines: L1cyl, 40nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 19874
History:
24/09/1857 Michael Dodds, Scotswood; Charles Dodds, Blaydon & James Cowley, North Shields
24/09/1857 Registered at Shields
19/05/1863 Wrecked
Comments: 19/05/1863: Wrecked in a storm at Cardiff


Monmouthshire Merlin, Saturday, 23/05/1863
Courtesy of David Carder