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Name: SOUTER JOHNNY
Launched: 1836
Completed: 1836
Builder: Stephen Wood, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 87grt, 37nrt, 82.7 x 15.8 x 9.4 ft; (1868: 78grt, 23nrt, 85.2 x 17.6 x 9.4ft)
Engines: Grasshopper type, 60nhp
Engines By: William Hawks, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 6168
History:
12/11/1836 Thomas Petley & John Drysdale, Wapping and Alexander Harrower, London
25/07/1844 Caledonian Steam Towing Co; registered at London
1864 WT Bridges et al, London
1866 David Stone & George Williamson, London
1870 Hugh Andrews Jnr, Belfast
1878 James J Swallow, Monkwearmouth
14/10/1879 Sank
Comments: 1861: Valued at £1,500
187x: Converted to a barge
14/10/1879: Capsized & sank in Hartlepool Bay


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 17/10/1879