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Name: GLADIATEUR
Launched: 1866
Completed: 08/1866
Builder: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 6
Dimensions: 70grt, 14nrt, 83.2 x 16.7 x 9.2ft
Engines: 35nhp
Engines by: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 53476
History:
07/08/1866 John Wilson, North Shields; registered at Shields
1867 Nicholas Strong et al, Cardiff
1872 William Strong, North Shields
1874 William Strong, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff; renamed ROYAL SAILOR
29/04/1887 Sank
Comments: 29/04/1887: Sank 7 miles off Ilfracombe, Devon, after collision with ARIEL
Thanks to John Evans for the above details