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Name: BRIGHTON
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 18/10/1856
Completed: 02/1857
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 49
Dimensions: 285grt, 180nrt, 193.5 x 20.9 x 10.0ft
Engines: Oscillating, 2cyl (44 & 44 x 48ins), 140hp
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 11918
History:
12/02/1857 Marples & Mories, London
1858 Weymouth & Channel Islands Steam Packet Co, Weymouth
29/01/1887 Wrecked
Comments: 29/01/1887: Wrecked in fog on the Brayes Reef north of Guernsey
On a voyage from Weymouth to Guernsey & Jersey


Above painting of BRIGHTON by A MEADEN

North & South Shields Gazette, Saturday, 18/10/1856

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 31/01/1887