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Name: BRITISH HERO
Launched:
Completed: 1848
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 79grt, 23nrt, 80.7 x 16.0 x 9.0ft; (1859: 75grt, 12nrt, 84.6 x 17.8 x 9.2ft)
Engines: 40nhp; (1859: 45nhp)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 10175
History:
1848 J Hall, Shields
1850 A Strong, Shields
1854 Messrs Barker, Shields
1858 W Teall, Hull; registered at Hull
1860 Robert Teall, Hull
187X South Yorkshire Railway & River Dun Co, Doncaster
1874 Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Co
No further history known
Comments: 1889: Converted into a lighter