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Name: LONDON
Launched: 1874
Completed: 11/1874
Builder: Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74grt, 2nrt, 86.0 x 17.0 x 9.1ft
Engines: SL1cyl (31 x 48ins), 33nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 70388
History:
18/11/1874 Thomas Stoker, North Shields and William & George Hepple, South Shields
18/11/1874 Registered at North Shields
1876 Purchased for use in South Africa
18XX Capt Jackson, East London, South Africa
1883 East London Landing & Shipping Co, East London
1885 Registered at East London
1890 Broken up
Comments: Condemned and broken up at East London
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Glasgow Herald, Saturday, 22/04/1876