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Name: PURSUIT
Launched:
Completed: 1843
Builder: Richard Bulmer, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 46grt, 12nrt, 62.1 x 14.0 x 7.7ft
Engines: 20nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 5891
History:
1843 Anthony Strong, Newcastle
1845 R Till (t/a Norfolk Railway Co); cost £675
15/07/1854 Lowestoft Harbour & Railway Co
01/08/1862 Great Eastern Railway Co
1866 Converted to sailing vessel
No further history known
Comments: 28/03/1866: Boiler removed as a spare & sold to N Colby & TG Hughes, Lowestoft for £20