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Name: LION
Launched:
Completed: 1858
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 75grt, 17nrt, 85.4 x 16.9 x 9.2ft; (1871: 85.4 x 16.9 x 9.1ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 37nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 20438
History:
01/1858 Thomas B Barker, North Shields & Christopher Dove Barker, Newcastle
01/1858 Registered at Shields
08/1874 John Robert Lawson, Benjamin Dain Lawson & Joseph Lawson, South Shields
01/1879 George Hawker & John Fidler(?), North Shields
09/1880 Charles Lawrence, Sunderland
03/1881 George Reed Robson, John Robson, John Drummond & Thomas Appleby, Bill Quay
02/1885 George Reed Robson
10/1889 John Robson, South Shields
1895 Broken up
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