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Name: STAR
Launched: 1826
Completed: 1826
Builder: P Tate, Stella, Blaydon, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 18tonsb, 54.8 x 14.6 x 8.0ft
Engines: 17hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (Later: HS Waite, North Shields)
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1826 Unknown owner; registered at Newcastle
01/1830 William Reed & John Cox Jr, Scotswood et al
03/1830 John Cook, Bishopwearmouth et al; registered at Sunderland
07/1835 Nicholas, Charles & Anthony Strong, Howden Pans & Scotswood
08/1835 Ralph Hudson, Bishopwearmouth; John Adamston, Monkwearmouth;
and Henry Dixon, Sunderland et al
1841 Lost
Comments: 11/1840: For sale - engine & boilers by Messrs Waites, North Shields
Would sell engine & boilers separately from the hull
05/07/1841: British registry closed as "lost"