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Name: GLEANER
Launched:
Completed: 1856
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 49grt, 9nrt, 74.8 x 14.6 x 7.8ft
Engines: L1cyl, 25nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 18684
History:
1856 Unknown owner
05/1857 Matthew Ross, Sunderland and George & Hannah Welch, Monkwearmouth and
John Pile, West Hartlepool
29/01/1859 Sunk
Comments: 29/01/1859: Sunk after boiler explosion
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 18/02/1859