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Name: WELLINGTON
Launched: 27/05/1884
Completed: 09/1884
Builder: Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields
Yard Number: 22
Dimensions: 89grt, 0nrt, 90.4 x 17.9 x 9.5ft
Engines: Overhead beam, 1cyl (31.5 x 48ins), 32nhp
Engines by: RB Findley & Sons, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 89797
History:
15/09/1884 Wiiliam Stephenson, Robert Mould & Edward Wood; registered at North Shields
05/10/1886 Mr Degroseilles, St Valery-sur-Somme, France; renamed PICARDIE
No later history known
Comments: 09/10/1886: Arrived at St Valery-sur-Somme
Still in service in the 1900s
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above photo as PICARDIE is courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as PICARDIE is courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as PICARDIE is courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as PICARDIE is courtesy of David Asprey

Shields Daily News, Monday, 18/10/1886