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Name: SIR JOHN EASTHOPE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/05/1853
Completed: 07/1853
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 6
Dimensions: 520grt, 428nrt, 163.6 x 26.1 x 15.3ft
Engines: Steam, 70hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 11968
History:
26/07/1853 General Iron Screw Collier Co Ltd, London
20/11/1862 Missing
Comments: Hawthorn engine Number 836
20/11/1862: Left Newcastle for Malaga with a cargo of coal
Subsequently reported missing


Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, Saturday, 14/05/1853