Name: | SUSAN GIBBS |
Launched: | 06/06/1867 |
Completed: | 07/1867 |
Builder: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 19 |
Dimensions: | 77grt; 17nrt, 83.8 x 17.3 x 9.3ft |
Engines: | 35nhp |
Engines by: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 55207 |
History: | |
22/07/1867 | Peter Gibbs, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff |
1868 | Peter Gibbs & Son, Cardiff |
1882 | William Williams, Newport, Monmouthshire; registered at Newport; renamed ALEXANDRA |
29/08/1888 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/08/1888: Left Newport, seeking, caught fire & sank near Barry Islands, Glamorganshire |
Thanks to John Evans & David Asprey for the above details | |
Note the launch report is not conclusively this vessel |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 07/06/1867