Name: | ROCK SCORPION |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 13/04/1839 |
Completed: | 05/1839 |
Builder: | John Adams |
Yard: | North Shore, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 93tonsb, 63.8 x 17.3 x 10.7ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Schooner |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 5181 |
History: | |
22/05/1839 | John Thomas Carr, Newcastle |
03/02/1844 | Thomas Isemonger, Littlehampton |
27/03/1844 | John Clark & Charles Dunn, Newcastle |
09/03/1846 | Unknown owner; registered at Hastings |
by 1865 | CT How, St Leonard's, Sussex |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Lloyd's Survey names builder as John Adams & Irwin, Newcastle |
07/01/1867: Driven ashore at Lowestoft during a gale | |
15/01/1867: Sold at auction for £120 as she lays on the beach | |
Purchased by M Ward of Lowestoft | |
14/02/1867: Pulled from the beach and towed into harbour | |
22/02/1867: Hull & stores sold at auction for £85 | |
Purchased by Mr Butterworth of Yarmouth | |
28/02/1867: Towed to Yarmouth by the tug MINNETT | |
26/04/1867: Advertised for sale at Sunderland |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 26/04/1867