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Name: NEPTUNE
Launched:
Completed: 1837
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 40grt, 14nrt, 57.0 x 12.8 x 7.3ft; (1856: 42grt, 12nrt, 59.4 x 14.2 x 7.1ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 20nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 25380
History:
1837 Unknown owner
1838 Unknown owner; registered at Newcastle
1840 John Newton, North Shields & William Newton, Tynemouth
1847 Andrew Armstrong, Willington Quay & Robert Pearson, Newcastle
1856 David Thornbury, Tynemouth
1858 HT & J Lowe, Newcastle
10/1867 Broken up
Comments: Thanks to David Asprey for the above details