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Name: ALICE
Launched: 1876
Completed: 08/1876
Builder: Wouldhave & Johnston, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74grt, 11nrt, 83.0 x 17.6 x 9.0ft
Engines: L1cyl (29 x 48ins), 28nhp
Engines by: Baird & Barnsley, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 70259
History:
21/08/1876 Anthony Wilkinson & Thomas Forster, Scotswood; registered at Newcastle
1890 George W Parker, Grimsby; registered at Grimsby
1897 Thomas Commander & John Edmundson, Hull
1899 RW Wheeldon & Thomas Commander (t/a City Steam Towing Company), Hull
1905 Broken up
Comments: 29/06/1882: Aground on Bondicar Rocks, near Amble. 15 people drowned
Thanks to Bill Harvey & David Asprey for the above details


Thanks to Pete Bullimore for this cutting from the Times, 30/06/1882