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Name: USK
Launched: 04/04/1867
Completed: 05/1867
Builder: Thomas Hepple, Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 92grt, 24nrt, 89.9 x 18.1 x 9.5ft
Engines: L1cyl (33.5 x ?ins), 40nhp
Engines by: Thomas Hepple, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 56496
History:
13/05/1867 Robert Surtees, Robert Walton Surtees & George Alexander Laws, North Shields
04/1868 Unknown owner, Overseas
No further history known
Comments: 04/1868: Sold to overseas owners at Soulina (Romania)
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


North & South Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 05/04/1867