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Name: DUKE OF SUSSEX
Launched: 1840
Completed: 01/09/1840
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 82grt, 25nrt, 78.2 x 16.0 x 9.0ft; (1850: 92grt, 31nrt, 82.0 x 15.8 x 8.8ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 37nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 16176
History:
1840 Unregistered
12/05/1841 Middlesbrough Steam Tug Co; registered at Stockton
26/08/1848 Patrick Kelly, Drogheda; registered at Drogheda
20/07/1849 William Forster, Liverpool
06/04/1850 Registered at Liverpool
01/02/1861 John Reid Murphy, Birkenhead
No later history known
Comments: 20/07/1886: Register closed as "Existence of vessel doubtful"
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Liverpool Mercury, Tuesday, 30/08/1864