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Name: SIR GEORGE GREY
Launched: 04/1856
Completed: 61856
Builder: Thoburn & Grant, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 78grt, 49nrt, 84.4 x 16.8 x 9.5ft
Engines: 1cyl (33.25 x 46ins), 40nhp
Engines By: William Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 15260
History:
20/06/1856 John Caldwell et al, South Shields; registered at Shields
by 1865 Thomas Tynemouth, North Shields
1868 Arthur Sinclair, St Helens
1873 Edward Forster, Birkenhead, (t/a Tyne Steam Towing Co)
02/12/1873 Sank
Comments: 02/12/1873: Boiler exploded & sank in the Crosby Channel near Liverpool


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 05/12/1873