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Name: WATER WITCH
Launched:
Completed: 1843
Builder: William Cooper, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 50grt, 12nrt, 65.8 x 13.9 x 8.0ft
Engines: 26nhp; (1857: 20nhp)
Engines By: JP Almond, North Shields?
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 4928
History:
1843 Jonathan, William & Joseph Blacklock, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
1848 Joseph & Mary Blacklock, North Shields; registered at Shields; renamed WATERWITCH
1853 George, William & John Heads; registered at Shields; renamed WATER WITCH
1855 Joseph Burton et al, Selby; registered at Goole
1858 William & John Reed, North Shields; registered at Shields
1865 Taylor Shipley Hunter, South Queensferry; registered at Leith; renamed WATER-WITCH
1867 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details