Name: | MUSHROOM |
Type: | Steam Wherry |
Launched: | 1867 |
Completed: | 06/1867 |
Builder: | |
Yard: | St Lawrence, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 37grt, 25nrt, 54.6 x 17.5 x 6.8ft |
Engines: | 14hp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 56060 |
History: | |
20/06/1867 | William Pattison; registered at Newcastle |
1869 | Anthony Bosing, Jarrow |
20/09/1871 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/09/1871: Run down & sunk at the entrance of the River Tees |
Board of Trade documents state she was on a voyage from Sunderland | |
to Middlesbough with a cargo of fireclay |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 27/09/1871