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Name: NELSON
Launched: 1834
Completed: 11/1834
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 58tonsb, 83.3 x 18.6 x 8.7ft; (1846: 113nrt, 80.5 x 17.2 x 9.6ft)
Engines: 60nhp; (1846: None)
Engines by: (1846: n/a)
Propulsion: Paddle; (1846: Sail, rigged as a Schooner)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: (1846: 31650)
History:
15/11/1834 William Wilkinson, John Sunley, John Roome, Charles Barry and
Charles Moss, London; registered at London
10/08/1846 George Gray, Newcastle
02/12/1846 Registered at Newcastle
01/08/1850 Unknown owner; registered at Hartlepool
10/05/1860 Unknown owner; registered at Melbourne
by 1867 William Lock, Melbourne
by 1872 H Moss, Melbourne
1877 Broken up
Comments: 1846: Believed to have been converted to a schooner by George Gray
1846: Altered by George Gray at Friar's Goose to the above dimensions
15/06/1856: Sold by auction at Melbourne for £180
by 1869: Converted to a lighter or hulk