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Name: VANGUARD
Launched:
Completed: 1841
Builder: Thomas Ellis, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 79grt, 30nrt, 74.0 x 15.5 x 8.9ft
Engines: L1cyl, 34nhp; (1857: 63nhp)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 9123
History:
03/1841 William Thompson & John W Mitchell, Monkwearmouth; registered at Sunderland
10/1841 William Thompson, Monkwearmouth
1842 William Turnbull, Stockton
1843 William Turnbull & Edward Richardson, Stockton; registered at Stockton
25/03/1846 William Richardson et al, Boston; registered at Boston
07/05/1852 George Haley, Wisbeach; registered at Wisbeach
1854 Richard Young, Walsoken, Norfolk
28/11/1854 John, Alexander & William Mace and Thomas Jones, Poplar; registered at London
1859 Mace & Brooks, London
1863 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details