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Name: EXPRESS
Launched: 1846
Completed: 31/12/1846
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 178grt, 100nrt, 106.4 x 19.7 x 11.0ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 100nhp
Engines By: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1847 Unknown owner
12/02/1847 Liverpool Steam Tug Co, Liverpool
01/12/1854 Charlton Wittal, Liverpool
10/01/1855 The Admiralty; renamed MULLET
21/07/1856 C Jacob, Constantinople
No further history known
Comments: 07/12/1854: Sailed from Holyhead for Constantinople
10/01/1855: Purchased for use in the Crimea. Cost £7,500
1855: Armed with 1 x 32pdr gun & used as a gunboat
21/07/1856: Sold for £1,400
Thanks to Andreas von Mach for the above details