Name: | MERCURY |
Type: | Passenger Ferry |
Launched: | 1839 |
Completed: | 1839 |
Builder: | Andrew Bell |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 62grt, 32nrt, 91.9 x 13.4 x 6.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x 1cyl (21 x 36ins), 30hp |
Engines by: | White & Hodgson, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
1839 | Unknown owner |
28/05/1840 | Port of Tyne Improved Steam Navigation Co; registered at Newcastle |
20/08/1844 | W Jobling, Newcastle |
17/05/1845 | AC Christie, Ferryport, Dundee |
12/09/1848 | Registered at Dundee |
28/02/1850 | JJ Smith, W Tassell & T Aylam; registered at Stockton |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 19/02/1856: Register closed - no details |
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 13/02/1841