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Name: FLYING CHILDERS
Launched:
Completed: 1855
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 71grt, 19nrt, 81.0 x 16.4 x 9.2ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 50nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2194
History:
25/08/1855 Thomas Booker Jr, Henry J Barker and John P Benwell; registered at London
12/1855 Unknown owner, Overseas
No further history known
Comments: c25/9/1855: Called at Malta en route for Constantinople
Voyage presumably related to the Crimea War
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details