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Name: COURIER
Launched:
Completed: 1853
Builder: Unknown, Stettin?
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 76grt, 81.7 x 16.7 x 8.6ft
Engines: Oscillating 1cyl (27.5 x 34ins), 45nhp; (1885: L1cyl (26.75 x 38ins), 30nhp)
Engines By: In Stettin; (1885: RB Findley & Son, North Shields)
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79214
History:
1853 Unknown overseas owner
12/1878 T Lambert & J Chase, South Shields
09/1881 J Hodgeman, Rochester & T Hopper, Newcastle & HW Brightman, North Shields
1883 W Findley, North Shields
10/1884 Renamed ALBERT EDWARD
1885 Joseph Crosthwaite et al, North Shields
03/1890 Registry closed, presumed broken up
Comments: 1885: Re-engined by RB Findley & Son, North Shields