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Name: RAPID
Launched: 15/01/1868
Completed: 1868
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 90grt, 19nrt, 89.0 x 18.3 x 9.3ft
Engines: SL1cyl (33.75 x 50ins), 40nhp
Engines By: T Hepple & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 56933
History:
1868 John Selby et al, Grangemouth; registered at Grangemouth
1870 GC McKay, Grangemouth
18XX GC & J McKay, Grangemouth
1885 J Batey & Son, Newcastle and James Mitchell, Montrose; registered at Montrose
1906 J Batey & Son Ltd
1906 Sunderland Towage Co Ltd
1911 W Chambers, Newcastle
No further history known
Comments: From 1879 hired to the Montrose Harbour Trustees for an unknown period of time
1906: Cost £400
1911: Cost £350
1912: Register closed