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Name: SULTANA
Launched: 07/1855
Completed: 09/1855
Builder: R & R Stobbs, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 98grt, 62nrt, 98.4 x 18.0 x 10.1ft
Engines: 50hp
Engines By: W Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2278
History:
31/08/1855 Richard Swan, North Shields; registered at Shields
1855 The Admiralty
1856 H Ridley, Constantinople
22/09/1856 Unknown owner, Russia
Comments: 06/09/1855: Left the Tyne for Constantinople
1855: Purchased for service at Balaclava. Cost £6,250
22/09/1856: Sold at Pera to "a Russian Subject having been transferred
to a Mr Ridley from the British naval authorities”. Cost £2,700
Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details


North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 02/08/1855

North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 06/09/1855