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Name: DISPATCH
Launched: 1819
Completed: 1819
Builder: J Robson, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 23tonsb, 54.0 x 14.0 x 5.3ft; (1840: 29tonsb, 51.4 x 12.8 x 5.5ft)
Engines: Steam; (1840: None)
Engines by: J Robson, Gateshead; (1840: n/a)
Propulsion: Paddle; (1840: Sail, rigged as a Schooner)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1819 Unknown owner
29/09/1820 T Winship & MW Ridley, Newcastle
24/12/1825 MW Ridley, Newcastle
18/02/1828 E Heron, B Stafford, T Mason & J McKenzie, Newcastle
28/03/1828 E Heron, B Stafford & T Mason, Newcastle
04/06/1840 J Wright, Blyth
22/02/1842 CJ Longridge, R Marshall, J Heron & JA Longridge, Newcastle
20/09/1843 CJ Longridge, J Heron & JA Longridge, Newcastle
23/09/1843 CJ Longridge & JA Longridge, Newcastle
08/10/1850 J Raffell, Blyth
20/03/1851 T Maddison, South Shields
15/07/1852 W Inglis, South Shields
No later history known
Comments: 27/05/1840: Rebuilt by Bowman & Drummond, Blyth
03/07/1869: Register closed as “Neither vessel nor owner can be found”