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Name: CARDIFF CASTLE
Launched:
Completed: 1847
Builder: Gaddy & Lamb, Tyne Main, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 91grt, 22nrt, 76.9 x 17.0 x 10.0ft; (1868: 79grt, 50nrt, 80.5 x 18.8 x 9.7ft)
Engines: 60nhp; (1868: 35nhp)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle; (1868: 1 x Screw)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 10689
History:
14/09/1847 William Bird et al; registered at Cardiff
1855 Cardiff Steam Tug Co, Cardiff
1867 Sydney Clutterbuck, Bristol; registered at Bristol
No further history known
Comments: 1847: William Bird probably traded as Cardiff Steam Tug Co
1868: Converted to screw propulsion
1888: Converted to a coal hulk, machinery & boiler removed
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details