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Name: MERCURY
Launched: 1839
Completed: 1839
Builder: Andrew Bell, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 62grt, 32nrt, 91.9 x 13.4 x 6.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (21 & 21 x 36ins), 30hp
Engines by: White & Hodgson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1839 Unknown owner
by 1845 Unknown owner, Newcastle
12/09/1848 A Christie, Ferryport; registered at Dundee
28/02/1850 JJ Smith et al; registered at Stockton
No later history known
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