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Name: SYLPH
Launched: 12/09/1855
Completed: 02/1856
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Yard Number: 37
Dimensions: 112grt, 47nrt, 106.8 x 16.5 x 9.1ft
Engines: 60nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 7283
History:
02/1856 G & CM Palmer; registered at Newcastle
1859 Unknown owner, Overseas
No further history known
Comments: 06/02/1856: Crushed alongside dock, lost funnel & extensive damage
28/09/1859: Certificate of overseas sale received at Registry