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Name: HELLESPONT
Launched: 1867
Completed: 10/1867
Builder: Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 22
Dimensions: 137grt, 72nrt, 115.1 x 19.8 x 9.9ft
Engines: L2cyl, 60nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron frame & wooden planking
Reg Number: 58696
History:
07/10/1867 Richard Grech & James Wardell; registered at South Shields
1867 Richard Grech & James Wardell, Dardanelles
20/04/1878 Admiralty
12/12/1904 Sold
Comments: Probably engined by the shipbuilder
12/12/1904: Probably sold for breaking up


Shown alongside HMS AUSTRALIA at Malta in 1890. Photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid