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Name: HERCULES
Launched:
Completed: 1838
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 64grt, 15nrt, 69.2 x 14.7 x 8.5ft; (1861: 58grt, 37nrt, 71.9 x 16.6 x 8.5ft)
Engines: 36nhp
Engines By: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 3835; (later 3855)
History:
03/03/1838 Registered at Bristol
1848 William Webb, Bristol; t/a Bristol United Steam Towing Co
1856 Joseph Buckle et al, Bristol
1860 Bristol General Steam Navigation Co
No further history known
Comments: 02/06/1847: On fire & burned to the waterline, near the Holmes, Bristol
Subsequently repaired
1861: Rebuilt