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Name: RAPID
Launched: 1863
Completed: 1864
Builder: R Stobbs, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74gt, 19nrt, 82.0 x 17.1 x 9.3ft
Engines: 31nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co Ltd
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 45633
History:
1864 J & W Heads, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1882 Thomas Boag, North Shields
1902 Joseph Ridley, South Shields
1910 Ralph Jull, Percy Main
No further history known
Comments: 1911: Register closed