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Name: BRITON
Launched:
Completed: 10/1861
Builder: Hepple & Landells, Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 41grt, 14nrt, 71.8 x 14.6 x 7.2ft
Engines: 70nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Landells, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 43597
History:
1861 George Hope et al, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1863 Robert Moore, Newcastle
1891 John Briggs, Heaton, Newcastle
by 1903 Edward T Angus & Co (Southampton) Ltd, Southampton
No further history known
Comments: 1905: Register closed