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Name: TYRO
Launched: 1838
Completed: 15/10/1838
Builder: Taylor & Bulmer, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 56grt, 17nrt, 63.7 x 14.0 x 8.8 ft
Engines: 23nhp; (1857: 22nhp)
Engines by: White & Hodgson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 10686
History:
04/12/1838 W White & M Hodgson; registered at Newcastle
09/11/1839 W Skinner, J Smith & N Wayman; registered at Stockton
13/07/1842 Middlesbro’ on Tees Steam Tug Co, Middlesbrough
17/07/1848 T Legg, North Shields; registered at Shields
25/10/1849 S Legg, North Shields
04/06/1853 JH Brown & TW Peters; registered at Hull
03/06/1854 Richard Henry Michell; registered at Grimsby
1870 Broken up
Comments: 28/11/1870: Register closed as "Broken up"


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 15/03/1839

Advert one week later specifying engine builder

The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 21/04/1854