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Name: INDUSTRY
Launched: 1848
Completed: 08/1848
Builder: George Brown, St Peter's Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 42grt, 19nrt, 67.9 x 12.6 x 6.7ft; (1863: 36grt, 15nrt)
Engines: L1cyl, 18nhp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 20904
History:
22/08/1848 George Reed, Friar's Goose, Gateshead
1852 George Hennet, Teignmouth; registered at Exeter
27/07/1853 Thomas WB Hutchings, Teignmouth
1855 Samuel Wills, Thomas Hutchings et al, Teignmouth
186X Sold to the UK Government
01/1869 Mr Bissicks, Bristol
31/01/1869 Sank
Comments: 1867: Register closed as "Sold to the Government"
04/02/1869: Lloyd's List reports: Weston-super-Mare - The INDUSTRY
(late a Government steam tug) dragged her anchor in the Uphill River on
the 31st January and drifted across the bar, struck on the rocks and sank.
She now lies near the pier, a total wreck.
1869: Sale of salvage from her wreck
Thanks to David Asprey for the above information


The Bristol Mercury, Saturday, 25/06/1853

The Bristol Mercury, Saturday, 06/02/1869

The Bristol Mercury, Saturday, 06/03/1869