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Name: WALLACE
Launched:
Completed: 1849
Builder: John Robson, Blackwall
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 178grt, 49nrt, 112.6 x 19.8 x 10.1ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (36 x 48ins), 100nhp
Engines By: John Robson, Blackwall (probably)
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 24180
History:
28/05/1849 James & Alexander Bremmer, Liverpool
02/03/1853 William Coppin & Thomas Urquhart, Londonderry
13/10/1853 William Coppin; registered at Londonderry
08/1855 Government of UK
02/1869 Sold
No further history known
Comments: 17/06/1855: Sailed from Liverpool for Gibraltar
25/06/1855: Arrived at Malta
26/06/1855: Sailed Malta for Constantinople
08/1855: Purchased by The Admiralty at Constantinople
22/04/1857: At Gibraltar from Malta
24/04/1857: Sailed Gibraltar destination unknown, but probably UK
1865: Listed as belonging to the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport
02/02/1869: Sold at auction for £375, probably for breaking up
Thanks to Andreas von Mach & David Asprey for the above details


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Tuesday, 05/09/1854

Image courtesy of Andreas von Mach