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Name: OVINGTON
Type: Tug
Launched: 1838
Completed: 29/03/1838
Builder: John Elliott
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 45grt, 17nrt, 61.8 x 12.9 x 7.6ft; (1856: 41grt, 14nrt, 63.5 x 13.9 x 7.2ft)
Engines: 1cyl (20 x 42ins), 18hp; (1857: 20nhp)
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7261
History:
29/05/1838 William Burnett, Ovington; registered at Newcastle
29/02/1856 T & D Wood, J Wilkinson and B Brown; registered at Sunderland
29/05/1866 William Dial, North Shields; registered at North Shields
05/11/1866 W Dial & F Warren, North Shields
25/02/1867 Francis Warren, North Shields
14/10/1869 Broken up
Comments: 14/10/1869: Broken up at North Shields
04/03/1870: Register closed