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Name: TRINITY
Launched:
Completed: 1844
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 102grt, 35nrt, 85.2 x 16.7 x 10.4ft; (draft 6.8ft)
Engines: Grasshopper type, 50nhp
Engines By: HS Waite, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 4257
History:
27/06/1844 Thomas Petley et al; registered at London
10/08/1846 Thomas Petley et al (t/a United Steam Towing Co), London
07/1870 Broken up
Comments: 05/06/1846: On fire and sank. Subsequently raised & repaired
07/1870: Abandoned to the St Katharine's Dock Co, then sold to be broken up
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh), Monday, 08/06/1846

Illustrated London News, 16/02/1859