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Name: VIVID
Launched:
Completed: 1863
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 89grt, 24nrt, 89.0 x 17.8 x 9.2ft
Engines: L1cyl, 50nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 48649
History:
1863 James Walker et al, Gravesend
1864 Registered at London
1872 John Gillett, Gravesend
1880 Vivid Tug Co, Kings Lynn; registered at Lynn
1882 Joseph Lawson, South Shields
1883 Irvine Harbour Trust; registered at Irvine
1890 James Douglass, Belfast
1892 Sank
Comments: 1892: Sank off the Isle of Man