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Name: EXPRESS
Launched:
Completed: 1865
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 70grt 19nrt, 80.4 x 17.4 x 8.9ft; (1877: 6nrt)
Engines: SL1cyl, 32nhp
Engines By: William Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 45547
History:
09/1865 George & John Mackay and William Stewart, Grangemouth; registered at Grangemouth
03/1877 George Jameson, Leith; registered at Leith
25/03/1887 Sank
Comments: 25/03/1887: Sank about 5 miles East of May Island, Firth of Forth,
after being in collision with Danish schooner ALF
Thanks to David Asprey & John Evans for the above details