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Name: ECLIPSE
Type: Steam Packet
Launched: 1836
Completed: 06/1836
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 104grt, 52nrt, 88.0 x 15.6 x 9.4ft
Engines: 1cyl, 40hp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number:
History:
06/1836 Metcalf & Co, Newcastle
05/03/1844 Registered at Newcastle
184x John Beckinton et al, Shields
31/06/1849 WC Renton, registered at Newport
1856 Broken up
Comments: Built for the Newcastle to Hull passenger and goods service
Trading as the Shields & Newcastle General Steam Navigation Co, Shields


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 02/07/1836

Newcastle Courant, Friday, 06/04/1838