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Name: HEBE
Type: Sailing Ship
Launched: 07/1863
Completed: 07/1863
Builder: J & D Morris
Yard: Pelaw Main
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 162grt, 162nrt, 100.4 x 26.3 x 9.9ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail; rigged as a Sloop
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 45168
History:
07/07/1863 Thomas Bell, Newcastle
12/07/1878 James Watson, Newcastle & George Peile, Shotley Bridge
01/01/1883 James & Ernest Watson, Newcastle
06/09/1884 J & E Watson, Newcastle and GW Bainbridge, Warrington & J Wallace, Backworth
17/05/1912 Ernest Watson & Matthew Kirton, Newburn, Northumberland
02/06/1912 Matthew Kirton, Newburn, Northumberland
25/02/1914 Sank
Comments: At some stage converted into a towing lighter
25/02/1914: Foundered 3 miles off Newbiggin, Northumberland
On a voyage from Amble to Middlesborough with a cargo of gravel


Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 26/02/1914