Name: | MORNING STAR |
Launched: | 1832 |
Completed: | 1832 |
Builder: | Thomas Potts, St Anthony's, Northumberland |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 44grt, 9nrt, 54.7 x 13.3 x 7.7ft |
Engines: | 1cyl (24 x 28ins), 22hp |
Engines by: | Thomas Bulcraig, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
1832 | Unknown owner, Newcastle |
04/1840 | Thomas Stokoe, North Shields and Mark Friar & Robert Hall, Chirton |
04/1840 | Registered at Newcastle |
05/1841 | Ralph Stoker & John Swanson, Leith and Mark Friar & Robert Hall, Chirton |
02/1844 | Ralph Stoker, Leith and Mark Friar & Robert Hall, Chirton, North Shields |
1846 | Broken up |
Comments: | 28/04/1839: A boiler exploded at Willington Quay |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Thanks to Pete Bullimore for this cutting from Friday 03/05/1839