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Name: VOLUNTEER
Launched: 10/10/1855
Completed: 1856
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 68grt, 12nrt, 81.2 x 14.7 x 9.0ft
Engines: L1cyl, 36nhp
Engines By: James Conley, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 12375
History:
15/03/1856 Michael Dodds, Newcastle and William & Hopper Jopling, North Shields
07/1856 Thomas Pain, Ramsgate; registered at Ramsgate
12/1856 Registered at Yarmouth
1863 Samuel J Fill et al, Yarmouth
04/12/1863 Sank
Comments: 04/12/1863: Lost in North Sea
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 11/10/1855

The Times, 14/12/1863