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Name: RAPID
Launched:
Completed: 13/03/1838
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 54grt, 16nrt, 64.3 x 14.4 x 7.9ft
Engines: 31nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 10933
History:
24/04/1838 James Milner, South Shields & Robert Owens, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
12/07/1839 James Poidestre, Swansea
22/02/1840 Registered at Swansea
184X J Beynon et al, Swansea
01/08/1850 Bridgwater Steam Towing Co; registered at Bridgwater
15/09/1853 Hercules Fowells, Bridgwater; registered at Bridgwater
by 1876 George Bryant Sully, Bridgwater
by 1879 William Hepple, South Shields
1881 Register closed
Comments: 1881: Condemned