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Name: TIGRESS
Launched: 1840
Completed: 11/08/1840
Builder: W Cooper, & J Gardner, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 47grt, 15nrt, 62.9 x 13.6 x 7.6ft; (1858: 43grt, 7nrt, 65.3 x 14.6 x 7.6ft)
Engines: 1cyl, 25nhp; (1859: 26nhp)
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2490
History:
19/09/1840 J Mattison, B Pearson, J Hall et al, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
04/09/1845 J Mattison, B Pearson, North Shields
05/05/1853 J Paterson & M Thurlbeck, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
18/08/1856 William Isley, Sunderland
30/03/1858 Registered at Stockton
1863 Broken up
Comments: 22/09/1863: Register closed as "Broken up"