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Name: WANDERER
Launched: 1843
Completed: 1843
Builder: W Cooper, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 36grt, 15nrt, 70.5 x 11.6 x 6.2ft
Engines: 16nhp; (1857: 14nhp)
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 22585
History:
1843 Unknown owner, Newcastle
1845 E Moore et al, Newcastle
09/06/1848 James Almond (?), Newcastle
1852 John Hopper, Newcastle
05/11/1853 Registered at Newcastle
03/12/1853 John Hopper & John Hopper Jnr, Newcastle
1858 Jonathan Robson, Newcastle
1859 Dennis Cunningham, Newcastle
22/09/1860 Sank
Comments: 22/09/1860: Sank after a collison with CHAMPION at Bill Quay
15/06/1865: Registration cancelled as "broken up"


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 29/09/1860