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Name: NEW PELTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/05/1865
Completed: 06/1865
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 181
Dimensions: 630grt, 488nrt, 180.4 x 28.0 x 17.1ft; (1878: 821grt, 525nrt, 211.0ft)
Engines: 2cyl (36 & 36 x 28ins), 80hp; (1878: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 33ins), 99nhp)
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co; (1878: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 51357
History:
20/06/1865 Richard Cory & Son, Newcastle
1871 J & E Joicey, Newcastle
17/11/1896 Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London
1912 Broken up
Comments: 1912: Broken up at Boulogne by H Trouve


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox