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Name: HERCULES
Launched: 1836
Completed: 12/1836
Builder: S Wood, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 90tonsb, 87.0 x 16.8 x 14.0ft; (1840: 116grt, 32nrt)
Engines: Beam disconnecting type, 70nhp
Engines By: W Hawks, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
14/02/1837 J Roome, C Mays & J Maltby et al; registered at London
11/07/1840 W Forster, London
12/04/1844 Ship Owners' Towing Co, London
1855 Broken up
Comments: 19/11/1855: Register closed as "Vessel being broken up"