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Name: IONA
Launched: 03/1866
Completed: 1866
Builder: R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 67grt, 16nrt, 76.6 x 16.4 x 9.2ft
Engines: L1cyl (28.25 x 48ins), 28nhp
Engines By: Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 51391
History:
1866 Tyne Steam Shipping Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle
1892 Frederick B Davis, Wallsend
by 1895 Joseph Carney, Monkwearmouth
1896 Frederick Grey, Felling
1897 Robert Burns, Newcastle
No further history known
Comments: 1892: Sold to shipbuilder Schlesinger Davis & Co
at Wallsend in part payment for new tug WDS
1898: Register closed