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Name: CALEDONIA
Launched: 1838
Completed: 05/1838
Builder: Stephen Wood, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 96grt, 84.2 x 18.8 x 9.2ft
Engines: Grasshopper type, 40nhp
Engines by: William Hawks, South Shore, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 23249
History:
01/06/1838 J Drysdale, T Petley, A Harrower, E Lawson et al; registered at London
10/06/1840 J Drysdale, D Halket, H McLachlan et al, London
11/03/1844 Caledonian Steam Towing Co, London
12/1853 Daniel Barker, Horsleydown, London
03/03/1856 D Barker & JF Spicer et al, London
1867 Broken up
Comments: 26/04/1867: Register closed as “Broken up”