Name: | ECLIPSE |
Type: | Steam Packet |
Launched: | 1836 |
Completed: | 18/04/1836 |
Builder: | Andrew Woodhouse |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 92grt, 42nrt, 76.0 x 15.6 x 9.4ft; (1837: 104grt, 52nrt, 88.0 x 15.6 x 9.4ft) |
Engines: | 1cyl, 40hp |
Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
25/04/1836 | J Beckinton, J Thompson, TD Marshall, H Metcalf & T Reed; registered at Newcastle |
01/01/1838 | J Beckinton, TD Marshall, H Metcalf & T Reed, Newcastle |
11/05/1839 | J Beckinton, TD Marshall & H Metcalf, Newcastle |
31/01/1849 | WC Renton, Newport; registered at Newport |
15/07/1852 | R Osborne, Bristol |
1856 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the Newcastle to Hull passenger and goods service |
Trading as the Shields & Newcastle General Steam Navigation Co, Shields | |
1837: Lengthened by the shipbuilder | |
04/02/1856: Register closed as "Vessel broken up at Bristol" |
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 02/07/1836
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 06/04/1838