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Name: WATER WITCH
Type: Steamboat
Launched: 1832
Completed: 1832
Builder: Stephen Wood & John Elliott
Yard: South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 25tonsb, 60.3 x 14.0 x 6.8ft
Engines:
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
16/08/1832 John Dove & Peter Hanson Jr, Newcastle and Henry Mayors, South Shields
16/08/1832 Registered at Newcastle
27/04/1834 Wrecked
Comments: 27/04/1834: Sprang a leak in Sunderland Roads & was run ashore to prevent sinking
On a voyage from Newcastle to London with 9 x passengers
28/04/1834: Wreck went to pieces at Hendon shore Sunderland
Passengers & crew were saved