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Name: BRITANNIA
Launched: 01/1851
Completed: 1851
Builder: Hepple & Landells, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 61gt, 19nrt, 70.9 x 14.4 x 8.5ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 30nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7864
History:
1851 TA Wemyss, Leith
1862 David Norrie, Leith; registered at Leith
1863 J Brown, Leith
1870 D Norrie, Leith
1872 William Gunn, Granton; registered at Granton
25/12/1879 Sank
Comments: 25/12/1879: Sank after a collision with FITZWLLIAM 3 miles East of Inchkieth, Firth of Forth
Tug foundered & Captain Watson & crew rescued from the small boat.
Thanks to Andy Hall for the above details