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Name: ROBERT & HENRY
Launched: 1835
Completed: 15/06/1835
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 23tonsb, 56.6 x 14.6 x 7.0ft
Engines: Steam, 16hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
18/07/1835 Robert & Henry Weightman, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
01/08/1835 Fletcher Wilson, London
19/08/1835 Registered at London
1836 Henry O'Shea, Madrid
No later history known
Comments: 1836: Sold to Henry O'Shea in Madrid for the purposes of dredging
the Harbour of Valencia. "Sent to Ams 1847" (Amsterdam?)