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Name: LAMBTON
Launched:
Completed: 1852
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 48grt, 16nrt, 69.0 x 14.5 x 7.1ft
Engines: 28nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7334
History:
1852 Probably built for Earl of Durham
1856 George Frederick d'Arcy Lambton, Earl of Durham, Lambton Castle
1890 Cuthbert O'Connor Westgarth, Newcastle
1891 Robert Davie, Greenock; cost £450
1901 Sank
Comments: Foundered off the Scaurs of Cruden near Peterhead


Alongside WILD BAY RELL at Sunderland. Photo courtesy of Eddie Frost