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Name: CONSTANTINE
Launched: 1868
Completed: 03/1868
Builder: Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 128grt, 48nrt, 93.5 x 17.9 x 9.3ft
Engines: 2cyl, 60nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58703
History:
25/03/1868 William Wright, South Shields
28/04/1868 Unknown, Overseas
No later history known
Comments: Also seen as CONSTANTIA
For service at Galatz
Hull believed to have been built by William Cleland at Willington Quay
Engines believed to have been built by JP Rennoldson
Rennoldson would have been the prime contractor & Cleland the sub-contractor
07/04/1868: Arrived at Gibraltar from Plymouth on delivery & sailed after coaling
22/04/1868: Arrived at Sulina from Shields for Galatz
28/04/1868: Sold to Overseas owner at Galatz
19/01/1869: British registry eventually closed


Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Thursday, 31/12/1868