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Name: EXPRESS
Launched:
Completed: 1856
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 94grt, 38nrt, 88.9 x 18.6 x 10.1ft
Engines: L2cyl, 120nhp, 240ihp
Engines By: JP Almond, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 17036
History:
1856 Alexander Hunter, Edward Gregory, William Gunn & John Wood, Gravesend
1864 William Watkins, London
07/1880 Mrs Caroline Jackson, Milford
11/1887 John Coram, Neyland, Pembrokeshire
12/1898 Broken up
Comments: 1876: Reboilered from BRITANNIA (1855)
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details