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Name: MARSEILLE
Launched: 1862
Completed: 10/1862
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 83grt, 30nrt, 84.7 x 17.8 x 9.4ft
Engines: 36nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 44313
History:
29/10/1862 Joseph Ostens et al; registered at Shields
1864 Alexander Collie, London
04/1867 David Renwick, Dublin; registered at Dublin
1872 Samuel Smallman, Dublin
1875 John Guthrie, Liverpool
1877 Christopher Askew, Liverpool
1884 William Redhead, Birkenhead
No later history known
Comments: 1864: On behalf of the South Western of Ireland Telegraph Co Ltd
11/1864: Employed at Crookhaven, Co Cork, as a tender
Met New York liners off Fastnet to collect latest news for transmission
11/1866: Laid up and for sale at Queenstown
29/4/1867: Sold at auction