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Name: BRITISH DOMINION
Launched: 1840
Completed: 1840
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 58grt, 18nrt, 69.0 x 14.9 x 8.37ft; (4.5ft draft)
Engines: 1cyl (30 x ?ins), 30nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 26139
History:
1840 J Jefferson, North Shields
03/02/1841 Registered at Newcastle
1848 T Luckley, Newcastle
03/10/1853 D Taws & N Mould, Shields; registered at Shields
04/09/1856 Wrecked
Comments: 04/09/1856: Wrecked while approaching Hauxley Harbour, north of the Tyne
15/09/1856: Hull, machinery & stores sold at auction for about £75


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, September 19, 1856