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Name: NAPOLEON
Launched: 09/06/1855
Completed: 09/1855
Builder: Palmer Brothers & Co, Jarrow
Yard Number: 36
Dimensions: 115grt, 48nrt, 104.0 x 18.0 x 9.0ft
Engines: 60nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 26905
History:
05/09/1855 John Swan, North Shields; registered at Shields
1857 Unknown owner, Overseas
No further history known
Comments: Ordered by William Porteous of Jarrow, but sold before launch
12/09/1855: Sailed from the Tyne for Constantinople
1857: Sold at Constantinople to an overseas owner
04/11/1857: Certificate of overseas sale received at Registry
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


The North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 15/06/1855