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Name: RAPID
Launched:
Completed: 07/1840
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 66grt, 20nrt, 69.2 x 15.1 x 4.75(draft)ft
Engines: 40nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
07/07/1840 Unknown owner, Newcastle
by 1849 J Miller, Newcastle
by 1851 B & G Fenton, Shields
11/01/1852 Sank
Comments: 11/01/1852: Lost in the Sound of Sanda