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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