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Name: WILBERFORCE
Launched:
Completed: 12/1865
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 91grt, 31nrt, 89.4 x 18.3 x 9.4ft; (1876: 91grt, 17nrt)
Engines: 35nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 53443
History:
1865 John & George Chisholm, North Shields
1866 Registered at Shields
1866 Edward Bannister et al, Grimsby; registered at Grimsby
1876 George Ringrose, North Shields; registered at South Shields
by 1890 William Aitken, South Shields
No further history known
Comments: 1899: Register closed