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Name: CONTEST
Launched: 1856
Completed: 05/1856
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 63grt, 13nrt, 77.5 x 16.6 x 8.8ft
Engines: 1cyl, 26nhp; (1880: 30nhp)
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 15773
History:
30/05/1856 Helen Stoker, Leith; registered at Leith
1858 Helen Stoker & George Jamieson, Leith
10/1865 William Minto, North Shields; registered at Shields
1872 John Minto, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1875 Thomas Boag, North Shields
1882 William Mountain, North Shields
02/1892 Broken up
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