Name: | VESTA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/02/1837 |
Completed: | 17/04/1837 |
Builder: | A & R Hopper & Co |
Yard: | North Shore, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 288grt, 161nrt, 131.0 x 19.2 x 12.7ft |
Engines: | 2cyl, 150hp |
Engines by: | Tod & McGregor, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
28/04/1837 | Newcastle Steam Navigation Co; registered at Newcastle |
23/09/1850 | G Gray, Newcastle |
13/11/1851 | John Smith, Sunderland |
16/11/1851 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 50 x passengers |
16/11/1851: Foundered off the mouth of the Humber | |
On a voyage from Sunderland to Hamburg |
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 13/05/1837
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 21/11/1851