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Name: CHALLENGE
Launched:
Completed: 1861
Builder: Frederick J Leach, Middlesbrough
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 76grt, 21nrt, 87.3 x 16.8 x 8.9ft; (1883: 4nrt)
Engines: L1cyl, 48nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 29480
History:
05/1861 Frederick Leach & Dinah Conkerton, Middlesbrough
10/1861 John Walsh, Dundrum Castle, Co Dublin; registered at Dublin
07/1883 Thomas Watson, North Shields; registered at North Shields
26/09/1903 Sank
Comments: 26/9/1903: Sank off Hartley, Northumberland, after the bottom of the hotwell fell out
Thanks to David Asprey & John Evans for the above details