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Name: REBOCADOR
Launched: 30/05/1867
Completed: 08/1867
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 129grt, 33nrt, 112.5 x 19.6 x 9.9ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (30.375 x 46ins), 70nhp
Engines by: William Scott, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 58695
History:
16/08/1867 William Gruis, London; registered at South Shields
12/1867 Government of Portugal - Ministry of War; renamed NORTE
1868 Renamed NORTE
1883 Government of Portugal - Customs
1904 Unknown owner
No later history known
Comments: 1883: Converted into a hulk for storing gunpowder


Above photo as the hulk NORTE is courtesy of the Museu de Marinha at Lisbon