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Name: WILLING MIND
Launched: 1855
Completed: 09/1855
Builder: Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 82grt, 52nrt, 84.5 x 17.0 x 9.5ft; (1872: 82grt, 15nrt)
Engines: L2cyl (35 & 35 x 46ins), 45nhp
Engines by: William Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2306
History:
25/09/1855 Robert Chisholm, North Shields; registered at Shields
1856 James Austin et al; registered at Cork
1857 JA Harley et al, Cork
1864 Thomas Street et al; registered at Liverpool
1870 Andrew Errington, Hull
10/08/1871 Andrew Errington & Henry Booker, Hull; registered at Hull
03/05/1880 Henry Booker & Thomas A Jolliffe, Hull
14/09/1882 Sank
Comments: 12/11/1855: Arrived at Queenstown
14/09/1882: Boiler exploded whilst towing barque into Hull


The Hull Packet and East Riding Times, Friday, 15/09/1882