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Name: REAPER
Launched: 1837
Completed: 1837
Builder: S Wood, South Shore
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 63grt, 22nrt, 74.2 x 14.1 x 8.0ft
Engines: 30nhp; (1857: 35nhp)
Engines by: William Hawks, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a; (1850: 7064)
History:
1837 Unknown owner, Newcastle
23/01/1843 Unknown owner, Stockton
by 1848 John Strong, Stockton
26/02/1850 Registered at Stockton
1856 Simpson & Reid, Stockton
1865 John Scourfield, Stockton
1868 Edward Forster, Birkenhead
No later history known
Comments: 1850: First registration
1885: Register closed
Thanks to Peter Solar for the above details