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Name: WEAR DREDGER
Type: Dredger
Launched: 1881
Completed: 08/12/1881
Builder: Osbourne, Graham & Co
Yard: North Hylton, Sunderland
Yard Number: 52
Dimensions: 358grt, 130.0 x 32.0 x 6.5(draft)ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a; (1921: 144831)
History:
12/1881 River Wear Commissioners, Sunderland
28/04/1921 Registered at Sunderland
13/11/1935 Broken up
Comments: Hull was sub-contracted from Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead
Hawks, Crawshay provided all the dredging equipment. 
Also reported as WEAR and WEAR DREDGER NO 1
13/11/1935: Arrived on the Tyne for breaking up