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Name: NEPTUNE
Launched: 1857
Completed: 03/1857
Builder: TD Marshall, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 130grt, 29nrt, 102.0 x 19.1 x 9.8ft; (1873: 130grt, 15nrt)
Engines: L2cyl (33.5 & 33.5 x 48ins), 80nhp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 18581
History:
04/03/1857 The Bristol General Steam Navigation Co & John Jones; registered at Bristol
1869 The Bristol General Steam Navigation Co
30/12/1872 Henry J Ward, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
28/01/1873 Renamed MERSEY KING
18/11/1873 Robert McCracken, Newry; registered at Newry
11/1875 John Dawson, Queenstown (t/a Queenstown Towing Co); registered at Cork
11/1878 William Hepple, South Shields
04/1879 David Cowen, Lynn, Norfolk
12/1879 Unknown owner, France
No later history known
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