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Name: PRIVATEER
Launched: 1865
Completed: 07/1865
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 89grt, 28nrt, 89.0 x 18.0 x 9.0ft; (1871: 89.0 x 18.1 x 9.3ft)
Engines: 35nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 49771
History:
10/07/1865 Joseph Ostens et al, North Shields; registered at Shields
1871 Registered at Limerick
by 1885 Arthur Russell, Limerick
by 1888 James Spaight, Limerick
1895 Broken up
Comments: Probably engined by the shipbuilder
1871: Operated as a tug on the River Shannon
1895: Broken up at Kilrush, Co Clare
Thanks to Mick O' Rourke for the above details