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Name: PILOT
Launched:
Completed: 1848
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 51grt, 17nrt, 67.3 x 14.1 x 8.0ft; (1863: 47grt, 12nrt, 68.4 x 15.6 x 8.2ft)
Engines: 56nhp; (1863: 38nhp)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2476
History:
11/02/1848 Richard, Ralph & Robert Harrison, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
25/05/1849 John & Francis Taylor, Burton Brown, John Wilkinson, John Elliott & Michael Renwick
25/05/1849 Registered at Sunderland
1855 Francis Taylor et al, Sunderland
1862 Francis Sill; registered at Middlesbrough
1863 John Sharp, Middlesbrough
1864 Francis Sill, Middlesbrough
1870 Thomas Hugh Bell, Middlesbrough
31/10/1873 Sank
Comments: 1853: John Taylor sold his interest to Francis W and William Taylor
1863: Rebuilt & re-engined
31/10/1873: Destroyed by fire at Middlesbrough


Above: Owner of the PILOT in 1870

The Newcastle Courant, Friday, November 7, 1873