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Name: GREAT EMPEROR
Launched: 23/02/1863
Completed: 1863
Builder: Marshall Bros, Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 225grt, 92nrt, 139.7 x 23.2 x 11.3ft; (1874: 225grt, 72nrt); (1885: 225grt, 30nrt)
Engines: L2cyl (39 x 57ins), 110nhp
Engines By: Marshall Bros, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 47450
History:
1863 William & Thomas Jolliffe; registered at Liverpool
1863 Unknown owner, Overseas
1874 William & Thomas Jolliffe; registered at Liverpool; renamed COMMODORE
1890 Sarah A Jolliffe (later Howard), Liverpool and John Woodburn, Windermere
1896 Andrew Hattrick, Birkenhead
1900 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to Bill Harvey for providing the above details


North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 05/03/1863