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Name: ORIENT
Launched: 05/03/1859
Completed: 04/1859
Builder: J Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 60grt, 14nrt, 78.4 x 15.7 x 8.7ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 50nhp
Engines By: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 27354
History:
04/04/1859 Archibald R Grant, Thomas Hunter & James Boag, North Shields; registered at Shields
17/10/1862 John Hair, Greenock
20/11/1862 Unspecified owners, New York; renamed FLYING CHILDERS
17/03/1863 Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow
12/03/1864 William Langton & Thomas Hornby (t/a B & I Telegraph Co), Liverpool
16/01/1865 John Seed, Liverpool
06/06/1871 Alice Thornton, Tranmere & Stephenson Chisholm, North Shields
28/10/1871 James Douglas, Dublin; registered at Liverpool
22/04/1876 Moses Hunter, Newry, Ireland
12/1894 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details