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Name: UNITED STATES
Launched: 1856
Completed: 1856
Builder: TD Marshall, South Shields?
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 98grt, 4nrt, 82.6 x 18.3 x 10.4ft; (1871: 99grt, 2nrt)
Engines: L2cyl (30.5 & 30.5 x 44.5ins), 60nhp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 16689
History:
27/03/1857 Bute Dock Steam Towing Co; registered at Cardiff
1864 The Cardiff & Penarth Steam Towing Co Ltd, Cardiff
1867 George Stanton, Cardiff
1870 Thomas Wilson, Archibald Muir & Hugh Leach, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
1875 Sank
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Above & below: The Bristol Mercury, Saturday, 06/07/1867