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Name: SULTAN
Launched: 31/01/1855
Completed: 04/1855
Builder: James Dowey, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 116grt, 41nrt, 93.0 x 16.8 x 9.6ft
Engines: 50nhp
Engines by: James Conley, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2006
History:
04/04/1855 John Swan, North Shields; registered at Shields
1857 Unknown owner, Overseas
No further history known
Comments: Launched for Nicholas Strong at Glasgow but sold before delivery
18/04/1855: Sailed from the Tyne for Constantinople
1857: Sold at Constantinople to unknown overseas owners
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details