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Name: ESSEX
Launched:
Completed: 1864
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 49grt, 17nrt, 77.8 x 16.4 x 8.7ft; (1871: 66grt, 17nrt)
Engines: L2cyl, 32nhp
Engines By: William Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 50191
History:
02/05/1865 William Fothergill & Charles Brownfield (Gravesend),
Henry Hedley and George & James Haslip (Poplar); registered at London
1871 George Haslip, London
188X James Richardson et al, Stepney
1890 John Sharp & William Marshall, Middlesbrough; registered at Middlesbrough
1890 The Union Steam Towing Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
1898 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details