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Name: CRESCENT
Launched: 1851
Completed: 1851
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 90grt, 28nrt, 80.9 x 16.6 x 9.1ft
Engines: 40nhp
Engines by: Rayne & Burn, Ouseburn Ironworks, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
11/06/1851 William & George Wright, South Shields and John Gibson, Newcastle
21/07/1854 The Admiralty
07/07/1856 Mr Wood, Constantinople
No further history known
Comments: 22/03/1854: Disabled by Russian gun fire. Subsequently recovered
21/07/1854: Purchased for use as a tender in the Crimea. Cost £3,000
07/07/1856: Sold for £1,700
Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details


The Morning Chronicle, Thursday, 28/08/1851

The Derby Mercury, Wednesday, 12/04/1854