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Name: CELIA
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 09/07/1885
Completed: 08/1885
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 487
Dimensions: 71grt, 35nrt, 100.5 x 14.1 x 6.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (15 & 30 x 24ins), 30nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 91853
History:
11/08/1885 River Thames Steamboat Co Ltd, London
1888 Victoria Steamboat Association Ltd, London
1889 John Hobson, York
1905 Gainsborough & Trentside Packet Co Ltd, Gainsborough
1906 Registered at Hull
No later history known
Comments: Built for service London to Hampton and Richmond
Certified to carry 300 x passengers
Later in service on the River Trent
1916: Register closed


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