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Name: RAPID
Launched:
Completed: 1859
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 58grt, 16nrt, 78.0 x 15.6 x 8.5ft
Engines: 28nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 27365
History:
1859 William Heads et al, Shields
1861 Robert Gray et al; registered at Shields
1870 Francis Sill Snr, Middlesbrough
by 1879 William Alder, Sunderland
No further history known
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