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Name: GEORGE ROBERT
Type: Yacht
Launched: 23/02/1856
Completed: 03/1856
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 15
Dimensions: 76grt, 35nrt, 90.8 x 16.8 x 8.3ft
Engines: Steam, 40hp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 17558
History:
07/11/1856 George P Bidder, London
19/05/1868 Unknown owner, Overseas
No later history known
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Above image, courtesy of NL Middlemiss, shows GEORGE ROBERT (centre) being launched with steam up

Illustrated London News, Saturday, 22/03/1856