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Name: NIMROD
Launched: 04/08/1857
Completed: 1857
Builder: J Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 73grt, 14nrt, 85.1 x 17.2 x 9.5ft
Engines: L2cyl, 40nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 20139
History:
12/09/1857 Francis W Taylor, John & Thomas Wilkinson and William Hudson, Sunderland
12/09/1857 Registered at Sunderland
09/1864 William Gwynne and Frederick Allen, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
1865 Thomas Tucker, Cardiff
1869 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


North & South Shields Gazette, Tuesday, 04/08/1857