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Name: TYRO
Launched:
Completed: 1838
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 55grt, 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:
1838 Unknown owner, Newcastle
1842 Unknown owner, Stockton
17/07/1848 T Legg, Shields
25/10/1849 S Legg, Shields
04/06/1853 JH Brown, Hull
03/06/1854 Richard Henry Michell; registered at Grimsby
No further history known
Comments: Still listed in MNL 1870


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 15/03/1839

Advert one week later specifying engine builder

The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 21/04/1854