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Name: SUCCESS
Launched: 1863
Completed: 09/1863
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 94grt, 28nrt, 91.0 x 17.9 x 9.2ft
Engines: 2 x L1cyl, 50nhp
Engines By: T Hepple & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 48507
History:
26/09/1863 John Mitchell & Joseph Martin, Gravesend; registered at London
1864 Duncan Dow, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
1866 Hugh Leach, Tranmere
1886 Sir William T Lewis (Bute Docks Co), Cardiff
1896 Broken up
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Above photo shows SUCCESS in the foreground. Photo is courtesy of Mike Nash

Above photo shows SUCCESS in the foreground. Photo is courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo, dated 1893, shows SUCCESS in the foreground. Photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid