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Name: NEPTUNE
Launched: 1837
Completed: 1837
Builder: A Bell, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 40grt, 14nrt, 57.0 x 12.8 x 7.3ft; (1856: 42grt, 12nrt, 59.4 x 14.2 x 7.1ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 20nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 25380
History:
1837 Unknown owner, not registered
08/09/1838 R Johnson and Joseph & John Richardson, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
11/09/1838 R Johnson & J Newton, Newcastle
22/02/1840 John Newton, North Shields & William Newton, Tynemouth
08/09/1847 Andrew Armstrong, Willington Quay & Robert Pearson, Newcastle
11/06/1855 R Turnbull, Howdon
18/03/1856 David Thornbury, Tynemouth
12/09/1858 HT Lowe, North Shields
15/11/1858 HT & J Lowe, North Shields
10/1860 Broken up
Comments: 24/01/1861: Register closed as "Broken up"
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details