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Name: BRITANNIA
Launched:
Completed: 1852
Builder: Hepple & Landells, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 71grt, 26nrt, 74.7 x 15.1 x 8.8ft; (1863: 66grt, 24nrt, 75.7 x 16.1 x 8.8ft)
Engines: 33nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 14432
History:
24/02/1852 Edward Pearson, North Shields
1862 Richard Young, Wisbeach
1870 James Hunter, Gravesend; registered at Wisbeach
1872 George H Ross, London
No further history known
Comments: Also reported as built by Thoburn & Grant at North Shields
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details