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Name: PILOT
Launched: 1830
Completed: 09/1830
Builder: Robert Dixon, South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 8nrt, 57.8 x 12.6 x 7.7ft
Engines: 2cyl, 30hp; (1841: None)
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle; (1841: Sail)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
27/09/1830 William Forster, Felling Shore
21/03/1836 Samuel Baker, London
1841 Thomas C Baker, Bristol; registered at Bristol
16/08/1844 Cornelius Bowe Palmer, Newport, Monmouthshire
1845 Registered at Newport, Monmouthshire
20/11/1846 T Sutton, J Morgan & J Thomas, Swansea
1864 Broken up
Comments: 07/1841: Converted to sailing vessel by T Chinley at Bristol
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details