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Name: FRIEND TO ALL NATIONS
Launched: 03/05/1851
Completed: 08/1851
Builder: Thomas Toward, St Peters Quay, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 152grt, 57nrt, 107.6 x 20.0 x 9.5ft; (1867: 168grt, 47nrt, 129.7 x 20.0 x 9.3ft)
Engines: L2cyl, 120nhp, 240ihp; (1868: 80nhp, 400ihp, 13.0knots)
Engines by: JP Almond, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 4283
History:
12/08/1851 Thomas Petley, Thomas Emerson & 29 others (mostly pilots), London
08/1867 William Watkins, London
11/1867 Unknown owner, Overseas; renamed DAGMAR
12/1868 William Watkins, London; renamed ALBION
1869 Unknown owner, Trieste
No later history known
Comments: 1867: Lengthened to 129.7ft
1868: New 30psi boiler and engine
1869: Sold for £5000