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Name: COMMISSIONER
Launched: 29/05/1862
Completed: 1862
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number: 141
Dimensions: 102grt, 34nrt, 90.6 x 19.5 x 9.5ft
Engines: L1cyl (36.5 x 52ins), 45nhp
Engines By: T Hepple & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 45163
History:
1862 Tyne Improvement Commissioners, Newcastle
1920 Broken up
Comments: 20/01/1866: Sank in River Tyne after collision with ferry MARGARET.
Subsequently raised & repaired


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, January 26, 1866