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Name: LIONESS
Launched: 1834
Completed: 10/05/1834
Builder: A Bell, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 25tonsb, 57.2 x 14.2 x 6.9ft; (1836: 39grt, 15nrt, 55.4 x 12.7 x 7.4ft);
(1863: 32grt, 32nrt, 58.1 x 15.0 x 6.8ft)
Engines: 20nhp; (1863: None)
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields; (1863: n/a)
Propulsion: Paddle; (1863: Sail, rigged as a Sloop)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 3838
History:
1834 Unknown owner
27/04/1835 J Smith and W, S & R Chisholm, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
29/03/1836 G Whitwell, Bristol
27/06/1836 G Whitwell et al, Bristol; registered at Bristol
11/05/1840 G Witwell & JC Buckle et al, Bristol
1856 S King, M Ellison, W Webb & J Buckle, Bristol
1857 RH & W Webb, Bristol and E King, Bath et al
15/05/1860 Bristol General Steam Navigation Co, Bristol & E King, Bath
20/02/1863 W Ross Jnr & J Sage, Bristol
03/01/1865 J Jones, Bristol
No later history known
Comments: 1863: Converted to a sailing sloop
22/12/1884: Register closed as "Vessel dismantled"