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Name: LIBERTY
Launched: 1843
Completed: 1843
Builder: William Cooper, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 23grt, 9nrt, 58.5 x 12.8 x 7.1ft; (1855: 35grt, 9nrt);
(1861: 34grt, 11nrt, 60.5 x 14.3 x 6.9ft); (1871: 33grt, 9nrt)
Engines: 1cyl (22 x ?ins), 16nhp
Engines by: Conley & Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7629
History:
1843 Unknown owner
10/06/1844 Unknown owner, Newcastle
by 1848 Thomas Vardy, Newcastle
27/03/1855 Vardy & Oliver; registered at Shields
1860 Richard Davis, Gravesend; registered at London
1880 Broken up
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