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Name: DON
Launched: 1839
Completed: 12/1839
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 60grt, 18nrt, 69.4 x 14.4 x 8.2 ft
Engines: 1cyl (28 x ?ins), 28nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 14434
History:
12/1839 Unknown owner
02/03/1840 Wisbech Steam Towing Co (James Harrison, manager); registered at Wisbech
08/06/1850 Richard Young, Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire
07/06/1854 John F Leathers, Wisbech
12/1864 Broken up
Comments: 06/1850: Cost £230
12/1864: Sold for breaking up
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details