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Name: STAR
Launched: 1847
Completed: 12/1847
Builder: W Cooper, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 49grt, 15nrt, 65.0 x 13.2 x 8.2ft; (1855: 51grt, 20nrt, 67.5 x 14.5 x 8.1ft)
Engines: 25nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7752
History:
21/12/1847 Martha Stoker & William Nicholson, North Shields and Robert Hall, Leith
21/12/1847 Registered at Newcastle
1853 William Fryer, William Nicholson and Robert Hall, Leith
08/1853 Andrew Greig, Leith
08/1855 Henry Fryar, Robert Hall & William Nicholson, Leith; registered at Leith
11/1864 Patrick Matthews, Glasgow
No later history known
Comments: 08/1853: Used on the Newhaven to Aberdour ferry service
1886: Register closed as "vessel not traced"