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Name: PRIMO
Keel: 20/02/1869
Launched: 08/05/1869
Completed: 07/1869
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Yard Number: 60
Dimensions: 149grt, 55nrt, 114.6 x 18.7 x 10.0ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp
Engines By: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 62325
History:
23/07/1869 Xenophon Balli, London; registered at Newcastle
08/1869 Travasiata (Ghiorghi Avasiotti)
No further history known
Comments: Also listed as built by Hepple & Son at Low Walker, maybe a sub-contract
Built for use on the River Danube
01/09/1869: Register closed as "Sold Foreign"


Above photo courtesy of the Ian Rae collection