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Name: PROSPECT
Launched:
Completed: 1837
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 64grt, 23nrt, 67.9 x 14.9 x 8.3ft; (1859: 55grt 55nrt 71.4 x 16.7 x 7.3ft)
Engines: 27nhp; (1859: None)
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle; (1859: Sail)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 10692
History:
03/1837 Thomas Jameson, Thomas Beadness, John Hepple et al, South Shields
03/1837 Registered at Newcastle
08/1841 William Burton, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
04/11/1846 William Bird & David Lewis, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
28/06/1850 Cardiff Steam Tug Co, Cardiff
1859 William Thomas, Cardiff
1870 Broken up
Comments: 1859: Engine removed and converted to sailing vessel
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details