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Name: MAY
Launched: 1870
Completed: 04/1870
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 67grt, 10nrt, 78.0 x 16.1 x 8.4ft
Engines: SL1cyl (28.75 x 46ins), 27nhp
Engines by: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 62286
History:
16/04/1870 James Dykes; registered at Leith
23/03/1872 James Stevenson, Stettin
1879 William Dodds, North Shields; registered at North Shields
12/04/1881 William Henry Shawcross, Scarborough; registered at Scarborough
04/05/1881 William Henry Shawcross et al, Scarborough
08/07/1884 Joseph Gray, South Shields; registered at North Shields
1884 John Murray, South Shields
No later history known
Comments: 1881: Allocated fishing registration number SH32 at Scarborough
04/05/1881: William Shawcross sold some shares to 5 others, but maintained control
There were a further 20 minor share tranactions before 08/07/1884
1899: Register closed
Thanks to George Westwood for the above details