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Name: CONQUEROR
Launched: 12/11/1864
Completed: 1864
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 3
Dimensions: 181grt, 0nrt, 126.4 x 20.0 x 11.4ft
Engines: SL2cyl (34 & 34 x 54ins), 65nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 47170
History:
05/11/1864 John Broderick Dale & John Harrison Miller, South Shields
12/11/1864 James Purdy Rennoldson, South Shields
17/11/1864 George J Kidston, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow
13/05/1875 Thiselle, Marseline, Attrides & Marten, Calcutta
05/02/1880 Richard Hopper, Rangoon
1887 Broken up.
Comments: Intended name FLYING HURRICANE
JB Dale & JH Miller were bankers Dale & Co of South Shields
17/11/1864: Chartered to Peter McKinnon, Calcutta
03/12/1864: Departed the Tyne for Calcutta
31/03/1865: Arrived at Calcutta
1865: Chartered to the East India Company, Calcutta
Thanks to David Asprey & Bill Harvey for the above details


Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 12/11/1864

Shields Daily News, Friday, 02/12/1864