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Name: ECLAT
Launched: 1854
Completed: 08/1854
Builder: Thomas D Marshall, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 147grt, 80nrt, 110.0 x 17.0 x 10.0ft
Engines: 2 x L1cyl, (33 x ?ins), 70nhp
Engines by: Thomas D Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number:
History:
28/08/1854 Jeremiah Hudson, Scarborough; registered at Scarborough
09/01/1855 John Swan, North Shields; registered at Shields
1857 Unknown owner, Overseas
No later history known
Comments: Built for the excursion trade, though also "properly adapted for towing"
1857: Sold at Constantinople to an overseas owner
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Scarborough Gazette, Thursday, 21/09/1854

Gore's Liverpool Advertiser, Thursday, 04/01/1855