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Name: FLETCHER'S DISPATCH
Launched: 1839
Completed: 30/09/1839
Builder: A Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 61grt, 16nrt, 64.4 x 14.7 x 8.4ft; (1862: 55grt, 15nrt, 67.4 x 15.7 x 8.4ft)
Engines: 1cyl, 28nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 4912
History:
1839 Unknown owner
06/11/1840 Joseph Fletcher, Goole; registered at Goole
05/01/1853 E Fletcher, Goole
18/08/1856 G Jackson, Manchester
18/02/1861 Henry Booker, Goole
14/05/1861 Registered at Hull
14/10/1871 John W Jewitt, Grimsby
03/06/1872 Richard G Rainforth, Hull
03/07/1875 G Neale, Hull
05/07/1875 James David Battersby, Hull
1879 Broken up
Comments: 1862: Rebuilt
30/10/1879: Register closed as "Broken up"