Name: | WONDER |
Launched: | 1867 |
Completed: | 07/1867 |
Builder: | Thomas Hepple & Co, Low Walker, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | 215 |
Dimensions: | 103grt, 29nrt, 95.4 x 18.4 x 9.8ft; (1871: 14nrt) |
Engines: | SL1cyl (36 x 51ins), 50nhp |
Engines by: | Thomas Hepple & Co |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 49728 |
History: | |
12/07/1867 | Hugh Andrews Jr, Belfast; registered at Belfast |
27/10/1871 | John Renwick, Dublin & James Collings, North Shields; registered at Dublin |
02/03/1874 | John Anderson et al, North Shields; renamed TRIUMPH |
05/1881 | James Kelly, Moville |
1882 | Registered at Londonderry |
1888 | Elizabeth, Thomas & John Benson, Swansea; registered at Swansea |
01/1890 | Graham Bros, Hartlepool; registered at Hartlepool |
1894 | Francis Goodwill, Scarborough, registered at Scarborough |
08/02/1908 | Sank |
Comments: | 1867: Hugh Andrews Jr is thought to be the operator of Belfast Steam Towing Co |
08/02/1908: Became waterlogged while fishing off Whitby | |
She was taken in tow by the trawler GREYHOUND but she broke away | |
Foundered 27 miles NExN from Scarborough - all crew rescued |
Above photo shows TRIUMPH after conversion to a trawler and is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is courtesy of Pete Bullimore
Above photo is courtesy Carl Racey