Name: | COMET |
Type: | Passenger Ferry |
Launched: | 1839 |
Completed: | 1839 |
Builder: | James Dowey |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 62grt, 33nrt, 90.8 x 13.7 x 6.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x 1cyl (21 x 35ins), 20hp |
Engines by: | JP Almond, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
1839 | Unknown owner, Newcastle |
28/05/1840 | Port of Tyne Improved Steam Navigation Co, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle |
27/04/1843 | Edward Hall Campbell Snr & Jnr, Newcastle |
1849 | Unknown owner, Denmark |
Comments: | 13/9/1869: Registry closed as "Sold to Denmark in 1849" |
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 13/02/1841