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Name: BENWELL
Launched: 1858
Completed: 11/1858
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 38grt, 10nrt, 67.0 x 13.5 x 7.0ft; (1865: 67.4 x 13.0 x 7.3ft)
Engines: 18nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 21291
History:
09/11/1858 Robert Sharp et al; registered at Newcastle
1864 John Croall, Edinburgh; registered at Leith
19/01/1868 Lost
Comments: 18/05/1864: Described as a steam tug when arriving at Leith
1864 to 1867: Used as a ferry on the Queensferry passage
19/01/1868: Burnt out at North Queensferry
04/1868: Wreckage auctioned