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Name: HERO
Type:
Launched: 1824
Completed: 09/1824
Builder: Cuthbert Young & Son
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 28tonsb, 69.2 x 17.2 x 9.3ft; (1845: 73tonsb, 67.9 x 15.3 x 9.0ft)
Engines: 2cyl, 40hp; (1845: None)
Engines by: Hawks & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle; (1845: Sail, rigged as a Lugger)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
18/09/1824 Bartholomew Davison & Thomas Watson, South Shields
06/02/1845 John Jobling, Seaton Sluice
1856 Broken up
Comments: 1845: Converted into a sailing vessel by Stoveld & Robinson at Blyth
31/03/1856: Register closed after being broken up at Blyth