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Name: ROBERT BURNS
Launched:
Completed: 1837
Builder: Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 95grt, 41nrt, 84.6 x 15.8 x 9.4ft
Engines: Grasshopper type, 1cyl, 60nhp
Engines By: W Hawks, Gateshead
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 20772
History:
1837 Unknown owner, London
25/07/1844 Caledonian Steam Towing Co, registered at London
29/11/1853 J Watkins; registered at Liverpool
1858 JC Reid, Liverpool
No further history known
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Liverpool Mercury, Tuesday, 01/11/1859