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Name: OSCAR
Launched:
Completed: 07/1867
Builder: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 18
Dimensions: 182grt, 68nrt, 120.5 x 21.2 x 11.0ft
Engines: L2cyl, 80nhp, 300ihp
Engines By: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 56120
History:
10/07/1867 John Readhead, South Shields & John Softley, North Shields; registered at South Shields
07/1867 JB Maas & Co, Antwerp
1885 SA d'Assureurs et Armateurs pour le Remorquage & le Sauvetage
( Désiré Maas, managers), Antwerp
1889 Unknown owners
No later history known
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details