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Name: MARCO POLO
Launched:
Completed: 1858
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 57grt, 11nrt, 77.6 x 15.9 x 8.5ft; (1874: 58grt, 5nrt)
Engines: 28nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 22666
History:
1858 Joseph Ostens; registered at Shields
1859 Joseph Ostens et al, Shields
1860 John Taylor et al, Shields
1861 Wilkinson, Thurlbeck et al, Sunderland
by 1864 Registered at Sunderland
1866 William Harty et al, Sunderland
1873 Michael Thurlbeck, Sunderland
1874 Charles Joseph Riches, Sunderland; re-registered at Sunderland
No further history known
Comments: Still listed in 1885 MNL