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Name: ROYAL SAXON
Launched: 28/01/1865
Completed: 06/1865
Builder: Bainbridge, Davy & Hopper, Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 157grt, 73nrt, 121.5 x 20.1 x 10.4ft; (1870: 157grt, 55nrt);
(1885: 157grt, 42nrt); (1890: 157grt, 65nrt)
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (34 x 58ins), 92nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 29897
History:
27/06/1865 Robert Henry Brown et al; registered at Liverpool
1869 Edward Crewsdon et al, Kendal
1872 William & Thomas Jolliffe, Liverpool
1890 Transferred to Sarah A Jolliffe (later Howard), Liverpool & John Woodburn, Windermere
1896 Transferred to William T Jolliffe, Liverpool
1901 Broken up
Comments: Also built with accommodation for passengers
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details


Shields Gazette & Daily Telegraph, Monday, 30/01/1865