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Name: POWERFUL
Launched:
Completed: 1848
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 68grt, 17nrt, 73.7 x 15.6 x 8.7ft; (1872: 61grt, 11nrt, 76.0 x 16.8 x 8.5ft)
Engines: 35nhp; (1872: 40nhp)
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7487
History:
20/12/1848 A Woodhouse, Shields
13/03/1849 J Best, Shields
01/04/1854 Robert Crooks et al, Greenock; registered at Greenock
1859 A Kerr et al, Greenock
1860 CC Scott et al, Greenock
1862 J Park et al, Greenock
1866 United Steam Towing & Navigation Co Ltd, Greenock
1870 Timothy Sargenson, Willington Quay; registered at Newcastle
1874 Richard Irvin, North Shields
No further history known
Comments: 1872: Rebuilt