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Name: ALBION
Type: Steam Lighter
Launched: 23/06/1871
Completed: 12/1871
Builder: Edward Lindsay
Yard: St Lawrence, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 53grt, 30nrt, 64.1 x 19.1 x 7.3ft
Engines: L2cyl (9.5 & 9.5 x 12ins), 14nhp
Engines by: Pattison & Atkinson, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 67299
History:
15/12/1871 N Brown, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1874 JW Blakeney, Hull; registered at Hull
1874 John Wark, Hull
1875 John Shuttleworth, Hull
1881 William H Williams, Liverpool
12/12/1887 Wrecked
Comments: 12/12/1887: Abandoned near Bar Light Vessel & wrecked on West Hoyle Bank
On a voyage from Liverpool to Bridgewater with a cargo of flour