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Name: PUFFIN
Type: Light Vessel
Launched: 26/03/1887
Completed: 04/1887
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 144
Dimensions: 180grt, 101.0 x 22.0 x 11.9ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Iron framing, sheathed in teak
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1887 Commissioners of the Irish Lights
08/10/1896 Sank
Comments: Situated at Daunt Rock, 25 miles SWt of Roche's Point near Cork harbour entrance
08/10/1896: Sank during storm. The crew of 8 died
Subsequently salvaged and beached at Rushbrooke. Scrapped on the beach