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Name: GIPSY KING
Launched: 1854
Completed: 1854
Builder: John Turnbull, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 98grt, 37nrt, 87.1x 17.2 x 9.7ft
Engines: 50nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
12/06/1854 Henry John Ward & Anthony Wigham Chalmers, Liverpool
24/05/1855 The Admiralty; renamed LANDRAIL
21/07/1856 J Parry, Constantinople
1857 Wrecked
Comments: 24/05/1855: Purchased at Constantinople
02/03/1857: The wreck, near Rosetta, sold by public auction
Thanks to Andreas von Mach for the above details