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Name: RED ROVER
Launched:
Completed: 1849
Builder: JR Curry, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 79grt, 28nrt, 79.0 x 15.6 x 9.0ft; (by 1867: 68nrt)
Engines: Grasshopper disconnected type, 42nhp; (by 1864: None)
Engines By: Marshall
Propulsion: Paddle; (by 1864: Sail)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 9070
History:
1849 John Stevens, London
1852 Daniel Barker, J Spicer, London
1859 Daniel Barker, London
by 1864 Unknown owner; registered at Rye
by 1867 John Holmes, Rye
No further history known
Comments: By 1864: Engine removed