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Name: VOLUNTEER
Launched: 1859
Completed: 1859
Builder: St Peter's
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 67grt, 15nrt, 74.4 x 16.7 x 8.5ft;
(1871: 76grt, 15nrt, 83.5 x 16.7 x 8.3ft)
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (21 x ?ins), 32nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 28341
History:
1859 JC Stevenson et al (Jarrow Chemical Works); registered at South Shields
1873 William Glover, South Shields
188x Broken up
Comments: 1871: Lengthened to 83.5ft
08/01/1873: Sank at Hebburn Drops. Subsequently salvaged
1886: Register closed