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Name: POWERFUL
Launched: 1854
Completed: 09/1854
Builder: William Best, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 21nrt, 78.3 x 15.6 x 8.9ft; (1855: 83grt, 26nrt, 80.6 x 16.8 x 9.0ft)
Engines: Steam
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 24498
History:
05/09/1854 Jane Best & Margaret Turnbull, South Shields; registered at Shields
12/07/1855 James Wilkin, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
04/04/1856 Unknown owner, Overseas
No later history known
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details