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Name: SAMSON
Launched:
Completed: 1857
Builder: TD Marshall, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 82grt, 36nrt, 81.8 x 18.3 x 9.5ft; (1885: 86grt, 52nrt, 81.5 x 18.3 x 8.8ft);
(1903: 126grt, 77nrt, 103.2 x 19.0 x 8.9ft)
Engines: 40nhp; (by 1885: 1cyl (16.5 x 18ins), 9rhp)
Engines By: (1885: Stothert & Co, Bristol)
Propulsion: Paddle; (1885: 1 x Screw)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 19290
History:
1857 John Symers et al; registered at Dundee
1859 Alexander Edwards, Dundee
1870 Governor & Company of the Copper Mines in England; registered at London
by 1879 James Shaw, Taibach, Glamorganshire
by 1885 George Nurse, Bristol
1885 William A Osborn, Bristol; registered at Bristol; renamed CLIFTON
1903 Osborn & Wallis, Bristol
1930 Broken up
Comments: 1885: Converted to a single screw cargo ship
1903: Lengthened to 103.2ft