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Name: BULL DOG
Launched: 16/04/1855
Completed: 1855
Builder: R Stobbs, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 81grt, 51nrt, 80.5 x 16.7 x 8.7ft; (1867: 77grt, 48nrt)
Engines: L1cyl, 40nhp
Engines By: JP Almond
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2131
History:
15/06/1855 Richard Swan, North Shields; registered at Shields
1855 The Admiralty
18xx War Office
18xx The Admiralty
1867 Vincenza Gollcher, Valletta; registered at Malta
10/1872 Broken up
Comments: Built for J Hall of Tynemouth but sold soon after launch
19/06/1855: Sailed to Constantinople
1855: Sold at Constantinople to British Government (probably the Admiralty)
1867: Vincenza Gollcher was the wife of Olof Frederick Gollcher, Valletta
10/1872: Broken up at Malta
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details