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Name: ROBERT BURNS
Launched: 1837
Completed: 04/12/1837
Builder: S Wood, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 95grt, 41nrt, 84.6 x 15.8 x 9.4ft
Engines: Grasshopper type, 1cyl, 50nhp
Engines by: W Hawks, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 20772
History:
30/01/1838 T Petley, J Drysdale & A Harrower et al; registered at London
17/06/1840 T Petley, J Drysdale & H McLachlan et al, London
08/03/1844 Caledonian Steam Towing Co, London
29/11/1853 John Watkins, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
1858 JC Reid, Liverpool
10/11/1859 JC Reid & ER Simpson, Liverpool
1860 Broken up
Comments: 23/03/1860: Register closed as "Broken up"


Liverpool Mercury, Tuesday, 01/11/1859