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Name: HERO
Launched: 1847
Completed: 09/1847
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 70grt, 29nrt, 74.6 x 15.4 x 9.0ft
Engines: 1cyl
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
01/09/1847 Andrew Brown, Archibald Grant, Richard Thompson & Robert Owen, North Shields
01/09/1847 Registered at Newcastle
31/07/1849 Andrew Brown, Anthony Strong & Christopher Dove Barker, North Shields
31/07/1849 Registered at Shields
1849 Unknown owner, Stettin
27/09/1849 Sank
Comments: 28/09/1849: British registry closed as "sold to Prussia"
27/09/1849: Abandoned off the coast of Norway. Crew saved
Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details