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Name: UNIVERSE
Launched: 06/01/1855
Completed: 1855
Builder: Thomas Toward, St Peters, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 311grt, 143nrt, 135.3 x 23.4 x 11.2ft; (1885: 311grt, 97nrt)
Engines: 2 x L1cyl, 120nhp
Engines By: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 25315
History:
1855 Peter Maddox et al; registered at Liverpool; (t/a Independence Steam Tug Co)
1891 John Hurley, Bristol
1893 Broken up
Comments: 1893: Dismantled at Bristol


North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 12/01/1855

Liverpool Mercury, Thursday, 12/08/1886