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Name: ALLIES
Launched:
Completed: 1856
Builder: Thoburn & Grant, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 69grt, 16nrt, 82.6 x 16.9 x 9.0ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 30nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 13302
History:
19/03/1856 Joseph Shield, William Gray & George Harrison, Dublin and Arthur Alexander, Belfast
Trading as the Belfast Steam Towing Co, Belfast
17/12/1865 Unknown owner, Overseas
No further history known
Comments: 25/02/1856: Arrived at Belfast
Thanks to Ian Buxton for the above details