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Name: BRITANNIA
Launched: 15/11/1856
Completed: 01/1857
Builder: Hepple & Landells, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 82grt, 16nrt, 85.3 x 17.1 x 9.2ft
Engines: SL1cyl (34.5 x 48ins), 40nhp
Engines by: Hepple & Landells, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 10099
History:
30/01/1857 Edward Pearson, North Shields; registered at Shields
1859 George Leslie, Aberdeen
04/1860 Registered at Aberdeen
1862 F Smith et al, Aberdeen
1874 John Crombie, Aberdeen
02/1891 William Taylor, Grangemouth
03/1891 David Simpson, North Queensferry; registered at Leith
1891 Registered at Barrowstoness
1892 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


The North & South Shields Gazette, Tuesday, November 18th, 1856