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Name: GEORGE AND JANE
Launched: 1833
Completed: 07/05/1833
Builder: William Bowlt, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 14tonsb, 51.0 x 11.8 x 6.0ft; (1842: 28grt, 11nrt, 55.7 x 10.6 x 6.0ft);
(1843: 27grt, 10nrt, 60.7 x 10.6 x 6.0ft); (1848: 31grt, 14nrt);
(1862: 30grt, 15nrt, 62.5 x 12.0 x 5.8ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 14nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7642
History:
10/08/1833 George Woolston, Gateshead; registered at Newcastle
31/03/1834 Benjamin Carrington, Ipswich
24/04/1837 John Woolston & George Crone, Gateshead
10/08/1839 Stephen Southern & George Crone, Gateshead
03/10/1843 Stephen Southern & John Sim, Gateshead
07/01/1848 Stephen Southern & James Armour, Gateshead
11/12/1849 Ralph Hall and Elizabeth Briggs, Newcastle
26/10/1852 Robert Scope, Newcastle
29/03/1854 Mathew and Joseph Legg, North Shields; registered at Shields
14/06/1862 Stephen Gray, Hull; registered at Hull
22/03/1869 Hannah Gray, West Stockwith
08/04/1869 T & J Gray and W Tulley, G Ford & J Precious, Hull
1871 Broken up
Comments: 1842: Lengthened by John Elliott, Newcastle
1843: Further lengthened by William Boult, Gateshead
30/03/1871: Register closed as "Broken up"
Thanks to Bill Harvey & David Asprey for the above details