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Name: TOWNELEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/11/1855
Completed: 02/1856
Builder: Vernon & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1
Dimensions: 575grt, 461nrt, 180.4 x 27.4 x 16.1ft
Engines: 2cyl, 86hp
Engines by: Rayne & Burn, Ouseburn Ironworks, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 7293
History:
29/02/1856 David Burn, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
12/04/1856 Amsterdamsche Stoomboot Maatschappij NV, Amsterdam
04/1856 Renamed KROONPRINSES LOUISE
1860 Government of Dutch East Indies, Batavia; renamed HERTOG BERNARD
No later history known
Comments: Also seen as TOWNSLEY


Above image is courtesy of Maritiem Digitaal

Newcastle Courant, Friday, 16/11/1855