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Name: SPURN
Launched: 1873
Completed: 09/1873
Builder: Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 80grt, 30nrt, 84.9 x 17.5 x 9.2ft
Engines: L1cyl (31 x 48ins), 32nhp, 215ihp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 67716
History:
30/09/1873 Edward Bannister & Caroline Turner; registered at Grimsby
1874 E Bannister and James, Caroline, George & George M Turner, Grimsby
17/05/1895 Robert W Wheeldon, Hull, Thomas Commander, Boston and Isaac Richardson, Grimsby
1897 Joseph Harrison, Thomas Richardson & R W Wheeldon, Hull
1898 R W Wheeldon, Sarah Ward & May Harvey, Hull
1899 R W Wheeldon & Thomas Commander, Hull
1902 Broken up
Comments: 1895: Cost £300
1902: Broken up by J D Battersby
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details