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Name: EXPRESS
Launched:
Completed: 1872
Builder: Thomas Hepple & Co, Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 69grt, 22nrt, 79.5 x 16.9 x 8.9ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 22nhp
Engines By: Thomas Hepple & Co
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 62643
History:
1872 Hutchinson Jobling & Jonathan Taylorson, Sunderland
1876 John Jobling, Richard Hutchinson & Jonathan Taylorson
1889 John Jobling, Sunderland
1894 George & William Todd, Thomas & Cecilia & Margaret L Harvey, Jarrow
1903 George Todd, Jarrow
1903 John Lindsay, Newcastle
1907 Robert, Joseph & Thomas Simpson, St Anthony's, Newcastle
1911 Broken up
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Above photo courtesy of David Asprey