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Name: WAR EAGLE
Launched:
Completed: 1857
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 64grt, 14nrt, 80.8 x 16.1 x 8.8ft
Engines: 30nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 19878
History:
1857 Markham & Oliver; registered at Shields
1862 Turnbull & Low, Shields
1863 Henry Thomas, Shields
1864 Thomas Forrest et al; registered at South Shields
1871 John Appleby, South Shields
No further history known
Comments: 20/11/1878: Sank at Mill Dam, South Shields. Cause unknown
Still listed in MNL for 1885


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 21/11/1878

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 30/11/1878