Name: | RAPID |
Launched: | 1838 |
Completed: | 13/03/1838 |
Builder: | Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 54grt, 16nrt, 64.7 x 13.7 x 7.9ft; (1853: 54grt, 8nrt, 64.3 x 14.4 x 7.9ft) |
Engines: | 31nhp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 10933 |
History: | |
24/04/1838 | James Milner, South Shields & Robert Owens, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
12/07/1839 | James Poindexter, Swansea |
22/02/1840 | Registered at Swansea |
24/02/1841 | James Poindexter et al, Swansea |
01/08/1850 | Bridgwater Steam Towing Co; registered at Bridgwater |
24/12/1852 | Hercules Fowells, Bridgwater |
1875 | George Bryant Sully et al, Bridgwater |
26/10/1875 | GB Sully, TN Sully & JW Sully, Bridgwater |
14/06/1876 | William Hepple, South Shields |
01/05/1878 | W Hepple, South Shields & SL Francis, Swansea |
1880 | Broken up |
Comments: | 31/12/1880: Register closed as "Condemned as unseaworthy & broken up" |