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Name: LONDON
Launched: 05/1836
Completed: 10/1836
Builder: Stephen Wood, South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 98grt, 41nrt, 84.5 x 15.5 x 9.0 ft
Engines: 1cyl, Grasshopper type, 50nhp
Engines by: W Hawks, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: (1844: 9169)
History:
26/10/1836 William Hobbs, Nehemiah Griffiths and Robert Hastie, London
03/1838 Henry Buckle, Nehemiah Griffiths and Robert Hastie, London
06/04/1844 Registered at London
02/08/1860 H Castle, London
1860 Broken up
Comments: 1836: Trading as Thames Steam Towing Co
05/09/1838: LONDON & SAMSON towed "The Fighting" TEMERAIRE to the breakers yard
28/11/1860: Register closed as "Broken up"