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Name: GREAT CONQUEST
Launched: 28/12/1855
Completed: 03/1856
Builder: Stephenson Chisholm, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 107grt, 67nrt, 95.7 x 18.8 x 10.2ft
Engines: L2cyl (27.875 & 27.875 x 46ins) , 60hp
Engines by: William Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 14574
History:
22/03/1856 James Renner Walker & James Jobling, South Shields; registered at Shields
06/09/1856 Unknown owner, Overseas
No later history known
Comments: Walker & Jobling were shipbrokers
28/05/1856: Left Malta for Constantinople
02/06/1856: Arrived at Constantinople
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


North & South Shields Gazette, Wednesday, 27/02/1856