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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"