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Name: VENUS
Launched: 1832
Completed: 1832
Builder: J Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 25grt, 11nrt, 49.7 x 10.4 x 6.6ft; (1843: 29grt, 10nrt, 54.8 x 10.4 x 6.6ft)
Engines: 1cyl, 16nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7543
History:
1832 Unknown owner, not registered
07/11/1837 Mary Strong, North Shields; registered ar 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
03/06/1872: Register closed as "Broken up at Millbank, River Thames"