Name: | MERRY ANDREW |
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Completed: | 02/1853 |
Builder: | Thomas & William Smith, North Shields |
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Dimensions: | 156grt, 65nrt, 109.6 x 18.6 x 10.1ft |
Engines: | 100nhp |
Engines by: | Armstrong |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
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History: | |
19/02/1853 | Charles J Bastard, Gosforth, Newcastle |
28/03/1855 | The Admiralty; renamed BUSTLER |
23/11/1893 | Broken up |
Comments: | 28/03/1855: Purchased for the Crimean War. Cost £5,500 |
Based at Chatham until sold in 1893 | |
23/11/1893: Sold to Henry Castle & Sons for breaking up. Price £421 | |
Sold at Sheerness & broken up on the Thames. Timber used to make furniture etc | |
Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details |