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Name: ORIENT
Launched: 01/07/1856
Completed: 1856
Builder: Richard Stobbs, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 128grt, 31nrt, 105.4 x 19.8 x 10.9ft
Engines: L1cyl, 65nhp
Engines By: W Scott, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 16157
History:
30/07/1856 Richard Swan, Shields
1858 Sank
Comments: 06/10/1858: Foundered in the Mediterranean


North & South Shields Gazette, Tuesday, July 1st, 1856

The Newcastle Courant, Friday, October 29, 1858