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Name: WONGA
Launched: 1875
Completed: 1875
Builder: John Robert Maxwell, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 81grt, 8nrt, 85.8 x 17.9 x 9.1ft
Engines: SL1cyl (30.5 x 48ins), 30nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 70404
History:
28/10/1875 James Hunter Newton, Percy Main; registered at North Shields
28/10/1880 Sank
Comments: Operated as both a tug and a trawler
28/10/1880: Foundered whilst entering the Tyne in a storm