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Name: SUPERB
Launched: 1853
Completed: 1853
Builder: TD Marshall, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 123grt, 53nrt, 99.5 x 18.0 x 9.4ft
Engines: L2cyl (30 & 30 x 42ins), 55nhp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 45490
History:
1853 JM Precht, Hamburg
18/03/1864 George Wray, James Swallow et al; registered at Scarborough
1866 Robert C Magub, Newport, Monmouthshire; registered at Newport
1867 William & Thomas Jolliffe, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
1873 Tranmere Ferry Company, Tranmere, Cheshire
1877 WR Davison, Liverpool
18/10/1879 Wrecked
18/10/1879:Stranded in bad weather at Cairnbulg Briggs, south of Fraserburgh
On a voyage from Liverpool to Sunderland. Crew saved
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details