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Name: MICHAEL SCOTT
Launched:
Completed: 1874
Builder: Richard Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 93grt, 22nrt, 97.6 x 18.0 x 9.5ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 39nhp
Engines By: TR Scott & Co, Coble Dene
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 63029
History:
04/1874 Robert Mann, George Legg Jr & Thomas Lawson; registered at South Shields
01/1877 Unknown owner, The Netherlands
07/1880 Robert & Isaac Laing, North Shields and John Laing & Thomas Lawson, South Shields
1880 Registered at North Shields
08/1882 Wick Towage Co, Wick; registered at Wick
27/11/1882 Wrecked
Comments: 27/11/1882: Beached after springing a leak in the Moray Firth. Total wreck
Whilst on passage to Isle of Oronsay, Hebrides, from Wick


Glasgow Herald, Wednesday, 29/11/1882