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Name: RAPID
Launched: 1840
Completed: 28/02/1840
Builder: A Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 66grt, 20nrt, 69.2 x 15.1 x 8.5ft
Engines: 40nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
07/07/1840 J Miller, R Thompson and R & E Owens; registered at Newcastle
01/11/1842 J Miller, R Thompson & R Owens, Newcastle
20/08/1849 B & G Fenton, North Shields; registered at Shields
11/01/1852 Sank
Comments: 11/01/1852: Wrecked in the Sound of Sanda
On a voyage from North Shields to the Clyde