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Name: AJAX
Launched: 02/1862
Completed: 14/03/1862
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 8
Dimensions: 46grt, 13nrt, 56.8 x 13.7 x 7.6ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 25nhp
Engines By: T Hepple & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 44097
History:
1862 Commissioners of the Faversham Navigation, Faversham
No further history known
Comments: Sub-contracted from Thomas Hepple of Low Walker
Contract price £550, loss of £71-0s-2d