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Name: GEORGE PEABODY
Launched: 1871
Completed: 06/1871
Builder: David J Stewart, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 5nrt, 83.3 x 17.7 x 9.2ft
Engines: SL1cyl (30.5 x 48ins), 30nhp
Engines By: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 85395
History:
24/06/1871 William & George Stephenson, North Shields and Joseph & William L Blacklock, Chirton
24/06/1871 Registered at North Shields
26/09/1871 Sunk
Comments: 26/09/1871: Run into & sunk by GREAT EMPEROR 30 miles ESE of Tyne
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 27/09/1871