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Name: TIGER
Launched:
Completed: 1833
Builder: William Sorry, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 25t, 59.9 x 14.3 x 7.25ft; (1844: 25grt 5nrt 57.0 x 12.9 x 6.5ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 18nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
06/1833 James Miller, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
07/1833 William Richardson et al, Sunderland
1838 Unknown owner, Newcastle
1838 Unknown owner, Sunderland
1844 Thomas & William Arthur Sr, Willington Quay and William Arthur Jr, Howdon Pans
1844 Registered at Newcastle
1846 Thomas Cowperthwaite, Peter Burn, James Oswald & William Gair, North Shields
1848 Broken up
Comments: 20/01/1848: In collision with tug MESSENGER and sank. Raised & broken up.
Thanks to David Asprey for the above information


The Times, Monday, 06/03/1848