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Name: BEAUFORT
Launched: 1855
Completed: 08/1855
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 77grt, 21nrt, 85.9 x 17.1 x 9.3ft
Engines: L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 45nhp
Engines by: William Nicholson & Sons, Sunderland
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 23719
History:
14/08/1855 William Nicholson Sr, Sunderland
1865 William & John Nicholson, Sunderland
1874 Michael Wilson, Fairley Downs et al, Sunderland
1875 Thomas & John Gray, William Tulley and George Ford, Hull
1883 William Tulley & Thomas Newton, Hull
1885 Emma Tulley and Thomas Newton (George Gray appointed manager)
1888 T Gray & Co Ltd, Hull (George Gray, manager)
1894 Broken up
Comments: 1877: George Ford died and interests taken by existing partners
1882: Catherine Precious became part-owner
1883: Thomas Gray died and interests taken by William Tulley & Thomas Newton jointly
1885: William Tulley died and interests taken by Emma Tulley and Thomas Newton
10/09/1894: Sank alongside Island Pier, Hull. Subsequently raised and broken up
Thanks to Bill Harvey & David Asprey for the above details