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Name: STOKERS
Launched: 1859
Completed: 07/1859
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 68grt, 19nrt, 84.7 x 16.5 x 8.8ft
Engines: 30nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 22027
History:
07/07/1859 EE Oliver; registered at Leith
04/09/1863 Sank
Comments: 04/09/1863: Sank at Ardrossan after hitting rock
She was being used as a tender for the visiting Channel Fleet
No lives were lost and the tug was not raised
Change in weather conditions destroyed much of the vessel


Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald, Saturday, 05/09/1863

Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald, Saturday, 03/10/1863