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Name: QUEEN OF SHEBA
Launched: 1852
Completed: 06/1852
Builder: Thoburn & Grant, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 68grt, 23nrt, 77.3 x 14.4 x 8.8ft; (1858: 59grt, 12nrt, 79.1 x 15.8 x 8.7ft)
Engines: 40nhp; (1858: L1cyl, 40nhp)
Engines by: (1858: J Hepple)
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7517
History:
01/06/1852 Nicholas Strong, Howden Pans; registered at Newcastle
04/09/1856 Archibald R Cooper et al, Greenock; registered at Greenock
1857 Archibald Kerr, James Park, Charles Scott & William Strong, Greenock
1860 CC Scott et al, Greenock
1862 J Park et al, Greenock
1866 United Steam Towing and Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow
1869 George Chisholm, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1869 Isaac Blake, Newport, Monmouthshire; registered at Newport
by 1879 William Henry Capel, Newport
1881 David Guy, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
1890 Broken up
Comments: 04/09/1856: Owners trading as Greenock Towing Company
1858: Rebuilt & re-engined with a 1853 vintage replacement engine
1890: Condemned and dismantled


Bristol Mercury & Daily Post, Wednesday, 05/06/1878