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Name: SWIFTSURE
Launched: 06/05/1871
Completed: 06/1871
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 89grt, 12nrt, 90.5 x 18.4 x 9.4ft
Engines: L1cyl (33.5 x 52ins), 37nhp
Engines By: T Hepple & Son
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 65393
History:
1871 John Thomas Gibson; registered at North Shields
No further history known
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