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Name: HERCULES
Launched: 1838
Completed: 16/08/1838
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 64grt, 15nrt, 69.2 x 14.7 x 8.5ft; (1860: 58grt, 37nrt, 71.9 x 16.6 x 8.5ft)
Engines: 1cyl, 36nhp; (1860: 40hp)
Engines By: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 3835
History:
03/05/1839 G Whitwell et al, Bristol; registered at Bristol
11/05/1840 G Whitwell & JC Buckle et al, Bristol
01/12/1840 G Whitwell & J Buckle et al, Bristol
19/09/1842 G Whitwell, J Buckle & W Webb et al, Bristol
22/06/1846 J Buckle & W Webb et al, Bristol
06/03/1851 J Buckle & W Webb, Bristol and E King, Bath et al, Bristol
16/04/1855 S King, M Ellison, W Webb & J Buckle et al, Bristol
15/01/1856 W Webb & J Buckle, Bristol and E King, Bath et al
1857 RH Webb, J Buckle & W Webb, Bristol and E King, Bath et al, Bristol
09/05/1860 J Buckle, W Webb, Bristol General Steam Navigation Co and E King, Bath et al, Bristol
15/05/1860 Bristol General Steam Navigation Co et al, Bristol
17/05/1860 Bristol General Steam Navigation Co & J Jones, Bristol
22/03/1869 Bristol General Steam Navigation Co, Bristol
1871 Broken up
Comments: 02/06/1847: On fire & burned to the waterline, near the Holmes, Bristol
Subsequently repaired
1860: Rebuilt
17/02/1871: Register closed as "Vessel sold for breaking up"