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Name: POWERFUL
Launched: 1865
Completed: 08/1865
Builder: T Hepple & Son, Coble Dene
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 89grt, 30nrt, 89.9 x 18.2 x 9.5ft
Engines: SL1cyl (30 x 48ins), 34nhp
Engines By: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 53201
History:
11/08/1865 William Best, South Shields
07/03/1866 George Laidlaw et al; registered at Leith
28/10/1866 William Steedman et al, Leith
28/10/1870 HP Hanson, Leith
08/06/1875 Richard Oats, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1878 JR & BD Lawson, South Shields
01/12/1880 Benjamin Dain Lawson, South Shields
1886 W Minto, South Shields
1888 James Minto, Leith; registered at Leith
1893 Andrew AT Moyes, Alloa; registered at Alloa
No further history known
Comments: 1898: Register closed