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Johns & Roberts

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1867 Johns & Roberts John Swinney
1875 Johns & Roberts James Waldie
1876 Johns & Roberts Robert Dobson
1877 Johns & Roberts Dixon Taylor Sharper

Fate

On a voyage from Hartlepool to Whitby with a cargo of coal & a crew of two Johns & Roberts went ashore at Sandsend on 20 February 1877. The crew were saved by rocket apparatus.

Masters 1877; J. Edwards and Palmer