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Name: BRITAIN
Type:
Launched: 1817
Completed: 1817
Builder: Robert Dixon
Yard: South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 19 tonsb, 56.25 x 12.9 x 7.9ft; (1844: 13tonsb, 96.7 x 11.8 x 8.2ft)
Engines: Steam, 18hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddles
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1817 Unknown owners, not registered
04/08/1828 R Morrison, J Dickinson, J Rogers & W Bell; registered at Newcastle
22/02/1830 T Harris & J Taylor; registered at Stockton-on-tees
04/06/1844 W Bonch & O Gilkes, Stockton-on-Tees
1855 Broken up
Comments: 07/03/1856: Register closed as broken up in 1855