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Name: HER MAJESTY
Launched: 15/03/1865
Completed: 1865
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 94grt, 31nrt, 92.5 x 18.4 x 9.5ft; (1882: 16nrt)
Engines: L1cyl, 39nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 29895
History:
06/1865 William R Chisholm & Thomas Lockett, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
10/1882 Joseph Johnson & Thomas Tabbnor, North Shields; registered at North Shields
20/08/1887 Sank
Comments: 20/08/1887: Sank after boiler exploded about 4 miles East of Newbiggin, Northumberland
Thanks to David Asprey & John Evans for the above details


The Newcastle Weekly Courant, Friday, 26/08/1887