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Name: NIMROD
Launched: 06/1854
Completed: 1854
Builder: James Davey Jr, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 67grt, 17nrt, 83.4 x 16.4 x 8.9ft
Engines: SL1cyl (33 x 42ins), 45nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 16249
History:
1854 JP Kidston, Glasgow
10/11/1856 Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow
12/06/1869 JP Rennoldson, South Shields
09/09/1869 Henry Strachan, Howdon; registered at North Shields
30/07/1870 Henry Strachan & George Harker, North Shields
05/10/1882 Robert Hedley & John Mitchinson, Jarrow
11/10/1895 Broken up
Comments: 12/06/1869: Sold in part payment for FLYING SYLPH
19/08/1882: Boiler explosion off Palmer's Shipyard
05/10/1882: Hulked


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 25/08/1882