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Name: COLCHESTER
Launched: 1840
Completed: 15/06/1840
Builder: G Stewart, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 119grt, 35nrt, 91.2 x 16.5 x 9.8ft
Engines: 40nhp; (1857: 20nhp)
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 16899
History:
18/06/1840 G Stewart, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
01/09/1840 Registered at Colchester
28/02/1843 E Forster & R Gelley, London; registered at London
01/10/1846 Edward Forster, London
26/10/1848 E Forster & HN Abbinett, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool, Liverpool
1870 Broken up
Comments: 22/07/1870: Register closed as "Broken up"