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Name: VENUS
Launched:
Completed: 1832
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 28grt, 10nrt, 54.8 x 10.4 x 6.6ft
Engines: 16nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7543
History:
1832 Unknown owner, Newcastle
29/06/1844 Commissioners of the Faversham Navigation; registered at Faversham
1872 Broken up
Comments: 1862: Replacement tug AJAX delivered from Hepple
1863: Re-boilered by Hepple & kept as a reserve tug