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Name: MERRIMAC
Launched: 10/03/1883
Completed: 05/1883
Builder: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Yard Number: 362
Dimensions: 96grt, 41nrt, 91.0 x 18.2 x 8.5ft
Engines: SL1cyl (32 x 48ins), 40nhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 85807
History:
09/05/1883 CJ King & Sons, Bristol; registered at Bristol
1890 R & W Paul, Ipswich; registered at Ipswich
1907 George Hooton, Liverpool
No later history known
Comments: 1907: Converted into a barge
1955: Built into a dock wall at Widnes


Above photo courtesy of TugTalk

Above photo courtesy of TugTalk