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Name: OVINGTON
Launched: 1838
Completed: 05/1838
Builder: John Elliott, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 45grt, 17nrt, 61.9 x 12.9 x 7.6ft; (1857: 41grt, 14nrt, 63.5 x 13.0 x 7.2ft)
Engines: 1cyl (20 x 42ins), 18hp; (1857: 20nhp)
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7261
History:
29/05/1838 Unknown owner; registered at Newcastle
by 1849 William Burnett, Ovington
1856 Thomas Wood et al; registered at Sunderland
1862 P Wood et al, Sunderland
by 1865 George Venus, Sunderland
1866 William Dial, North Shields; registered at Shields
1867 Francis Warren, North Shields
1870 Broken up
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