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Name: TIGER
Launched: 1833
Completed: 22/06/1833
Builder: William Sorry, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 25tonsb, 59.9 x 14.3 x 7.3ft; (1844: 25grt 5nrt 57.0 x 12.9 x 6.5ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 18nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
29/06/1833 James Miller, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
05/07/1833 W Richardson, J Crapton, T Robinson, R Hudsell, J Potts,
W Burton, G Davison & J Hudsell, Sunderland
17/07/1838 Registered at Sunderland
10/04/1839 W Richardson, J Crapton, W Burton, J & G Potts,
G Davison and J & R Hudsell, Sunderland
15/07/1843 Thomas & William Arthur Snr, Willington Quay
27/02/1844 Registered at Newcastle
13/03/1844 Thomas & William Arthur Jnr, Willington Quay
26/06/1846 William Arthur Jnr, P Burn & W Gair, Newcastle
10/07/1846 J Cowperthwaite, P Burn, J Oswald & W Gair, North Shields
1848 Broken up
Comments: 20/01/1848: In collision with tug MESSENGER and sank. Raised & broken up
15/08/1848: Register closed as "Broken up"
Thanks to David Asprey for the above information


The Times, Monday, 06/03/1848