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Name: OLIVE BRANCH
Launched: 1856
Completed: 1857
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 54grt, 12nrt, 75.3 x 15.2 x 8.4ft
Engines: 1cyl (27.5 x ?ins), 26nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 18060
History:
29/01/1857 Benjamin Pearson & Thomas Stoker, North Shields; registered at Shields
01/11/1865 Thomas Stoker, North Shields; registered at North Shields
22/03/1867 James A Beeching, Wells; registered at Wells
05/1867 Robert Leamon, Whitwell, Norfolk, and others
12/1870 John Louis Marriott, Narborough, Norfolk
1878 Broken up
Comments: 02/05/1878: Outfit & remains sold by auction on The Esplanade at Dover
1880: British registry closed as "broken up in 1878"
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details