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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| YORKSHIREMAN |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1853 |
22/09/1853 |
12/1853 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Paddle Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Archibald Denny, Dumbarton |
Church Yard |
1 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 547 grt / / 615 bm |
205.9 ft |
24.5 ft |
13.5 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Tulloch & Denny, Dumbarton |
| Engine detail |
SL2cyl 60"60"x66" 250bhp
Engine No.16
(later used in WATERLOO (ON 8013)
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| H J Hare (Midland Railway Co) - mng Morecambe Steam Packet Co |
Lancaster |
27/12/1853 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
For Belfast-Morecambe service
27/12/1853 maiden sailing from Morecambe |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1854 |
Wrecked 04/01/1854 |
| Disposal Detail |
Wrecked on third trip at Ballywilliam Point, north of Donaghadee, Ireland in snowstorm (Morecambe for Belfast). Crew and single passenger saved. Broke in two.
3/2/1854 midships/aft section (including machinery) auctioned at Donaghadee - bow section ashore - bought by Tulloch & Denny
5/1854 part salved.
Returned to Archibald Denny yard and rebuilt as WATERLOO (Yd 4, ON 8013)(qv) |
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