Name: | CRESCENT |
Launched: | 1851 |
Completed: | 1851 |
Builder: | Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 90grt, 28nrt, 80.9 x 16.6 x 9.1ft |
Engines: | 40nhp |
Engines by: | Rayne & Burn, Ouseburn Ironworks, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
11/06/1851 | William & George Wright, South Shields and John Gibson, Newcastle |
21/07/1854 | The Admiralty |
07/07/1856 | Mr Wood, Constantinople |
No further history known | |
Comments: | 22/03/1854: Disabled by Russian gun fire. Subsequently recovered |
21/07/1854: Purchased for use as a tender in the Crimea. Cost £3,000 | |
07/07/1856: Sold for £1,700 | |
Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details |
The Morning Chronicle, Thursday, 28/08/1851
The Derby Mercury, Wednesday, 12/04/1854