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Name: WATER WITCH also seen as WATERWITCH
Launched: 1840
Completed: 12/1840
Builder: Daniel Bider, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 33grt, 12nrt, 57.0 x 12.1 x 7.0ft
Engines: 14nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
13/12/1840 Thomas Bainbridge; registered at Newcastle
08/03/1841 William & George McAll, Leith
02/04/1846 Sank
Comments: 02/04/1846: In collision with schooner VANITY, see below
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Daily News (London), Wednesday, 08/04/1846