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Name: LION
Launched: 1827
Completed: 05/1827
Builder: Robert Dixon, South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 21 tonsb, 61.0 x 14.9 x 8.0ft; (1829: 57grt, 29nrt, 69.0 x 14.9 x 8.0ft)
Engines: 1cyl, 16hp
Engines by: Gilbert Bulcraig, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
21/06/1827 R Nicholson & T Bulcraig, Newcastle
23/09/1834 R Nicholson, Newcastle
26/09/1842 T Adamson, A Hay, D McEwan, J Anderson & G Miller, Dundee
1842 Broken up
Comments: 03/1829: Lengthened by R Menzies & Co, Leith
31/10/1842: Register closed as vessel broken up