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Name: AMARANTH
Launched: 1869
Completed: 06/1869
Builder: J Brodie, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 78grt, 4nrt, 84.5 x 17.4 x 9.2ft
Engines: L1cyl (34.25 x 48ins), 40nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 60531
History:
18/09/1869 Andrew Brown et al, North Shields
by 09/1879 Mr Ridoux, St Valéry-sur-Somme, France; renamed AMARANTHE
No further history known
Comments: 26/08/1886: Went ashore in fog between St Valéry and Crotoy
On an excursion from St Valéry to Tréport
No information regarding fate