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Name: SPLENDID
Launched:
Completed: 1850
Builder: A Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 44grt, 17nrt, 68.5 x 13.0 x 6.9ft; (1854: 45grt, 15nrt); (1855: 41grt, 12nrt);
(1864: 37grt, 12nrt, 69.9 x 13.9 x 6.3ft)
Engines: 30nhp; (1864: 24nhp)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 5849
History:
03/12/1850 M Dodds, Shields
16/12/1852 N McKinnon, Glasgow
23/05/1854 Alexander Ferguson & Co; registered at Greenock
1863 Archibald Hendry; registered at Belfast
No further history known
Comments: 27/01/1859: Boiler exploded, minor damage and injury caused
Listed in MNL 1868