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Name: PURBECK
Launched: 1850
Completed: 1850
Builder: TD Marshall, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 47grt, 22nrt, 72.0 x 13.0 x 6.7ft
Engines: 20nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 13271
History:
06/08/1850 William Joseph Pike & John William Pike, Wareham; registered at Poole
No further history known
Comments: 07/07/1850: Date of Builder's Certificate
Probably engined by TD Marshall at South Shields
The Pike Bros owned clay quarries in Dorset and PURBECK
may have been used to tow barges full of clay to Poole Harbour
31/12/1877: Register closed as vessel condemned


Above registration document courtesy of Ian Buxton