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Name: IMPERIAL
Launched: 1851
Completed: 06/1851
Builder: W Thorburn & J Grant, Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 66grt, 21nrt, 72.6 x 14.5 x 8.7ft
Engines: 28nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 5892
History:
26/06/1851 Joseph Tweddle, Howdon & Thomas Emmerson, Felling; registered at Newcastle
02/02/1852 Joseph & William Tweddle, Howdon
04/11/1852 WS Andrews, Lowestoft
05/07/1854 William HT Green (t/a Lowestoft Harbour & Railway Co); registered at Lowestoft
1855 Lowestoft Harbour and Railway Co, Lowestoft
1861 Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Co, Lowestoft
01/08/1862 Great Eastern Railway, Lowestoft
25/05/1868 Alexander Tracy et al, Lowestoft
1872 Re-purchased by Great Eastern Railway
08/1876 Broken up
Comments: 25/05/1868: Sold to a creditor, A Tracy & leased back to the GER
11/1874: Reduced to harbour use only due to general condition of hull & machinery
08/1876: Hull broken up at Lowestoft. Engine & boiler re-used