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Name: RAPID
Launched: 1848
Completed: 03/1848
Builder: Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 51grt, 7nrt, 74.0 x 15.7 x 8.6ft
Engines: 35nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 26137
History:
11/03/1848 J Herring, Sunderland
26/05/1851 Charles Taylor, Sunderland
12/05/1854 Brookbanks & Co; registered at Shields
1856 James McFarlane et al, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow
1865 J McFarlane Jnr, Glasgow;
1872 John Duncan, Greenock
No later history known
Comments: Still listed in MNL 1885