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Name: HERCULES
Launched: 1846
Completed: 06/1846
Builder: Daniel Bider, East Jarrow
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 62grt, 17nrt, 71.0 x 14.9 x 8.4ft; (1861: 53grt, 10nrt, 74.2 x 16.2 x 8.3ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 35nhp; (1861: 25nhp)
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 4978
History:
16/06/1846 Robert Crawford, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
01/10/1849 Joshua Hall, North Shields; registered at Shields
19/12/1854 J Oxley & Co, Shields
1860 William Minto, North Shields
1869 Thomas Hepple, Low Walker
No later history known
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