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Name: WALKER
Launched:
Completed: 12/1865
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 85grt, 19nrt, 85.9 x 18.3 x 9.1ft; (1882: 85grt, 9nrt)
Engines: 34nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 53442
History:
1865 Joseph Ostens, North Shields; registered at Shields
1869 James Park et al; registered at Greenock
1871 William Park, Greenock
1882 Re-registered at Greenock
27/10/1887 Sank
Comments: 27/10/1887: Sank after a collision with FLYING OWL off Cumbrae Heads