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Name: EMPEROR
Launched: 1867
Completed: 10/1867
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 122grt, 59nrt, 105.6 x 18.5 x 9.8ft
Engines: 1cyl (28 x ?ins), 60nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 56865
History:
12/10/1867 John Mitchell et al, Gravesend; registered at London
1871 John Mitchell, Gravesend
1872 Thomas Coomber, Liverpool
No later history known
Comments: Probably engined by the shipbuilder


Above photo is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 14/09/1867