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Name: LITTLE POLLY
Type: Launch
Launched:
Completed: 10/1857
Builder: T Adamson & Sons
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 56grt, 40nrt, 76.0 x 15.8 x 7.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (11 & 11 x 14ins), 20nhp
Engines by: Thompson & Woods, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; 7.5knots
Construction:
Reg Number: 20252
History:
10/1857 Robert Plummer, Newcastle
11/07/1858 Sank
Comments: Built for service on the River Plate
11/07/1858: Sank in the River Parana after a collision with TACUARY


Newcastle Journal, Saturday 31st October, 1857

Thanks to David Asprey for the above details