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Name: HETTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/07/1854
Completed: 11/1854
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 6
Dimensions: 560grt, 431nrt, 163.8 x 28.0 x 16.2ft
Engines: 2cyl, 70hp
Engines by: R Morrison & Co, Ouseburn Engine Works, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 26636
History:
28/11/1854 Hetton Coal Co (Nicholas Wood et al), Sunderland
23/12/1866 Sank
Comments: Engines placed aft
23/12/1866: Sank off the Humber after a collision with ULENHURST
On a voyage from Sunderland to London with a cargo of coal


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 14/07/1854

Newcastle Chronicle, Saturday, 29/12/1866