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Name: STORM KING
Launched:
Completed: 12/1866
Builder: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 10
Dimensions: 66grt, 22nrt, 89.1 x 18.3 x 9.5ft; (1871: 88grt, 22nrt); (1874: 88grt, 10nrt)
Engines: L1cyl (32.5 x 48ins), 35nhp
Engines By: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 56106
History:
1866 Aitken & Co; registered at South Shields
1868 G Jamieson & I Stoker, South Shields
1868 G Jamieson, I Stoker & W Aitken, South Shields
12/1874 John & Francis Batey; registered at Newcastle
02/1880 John & Francis Batey et al, Newcastle
10/1884 Wrecked
Comments: 10/10/1884: Stranded at entrance to Montrose Harbour


The Leeds Mercury, Saturday, 11/10/1884