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Name: PIONEER
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/02/1854
Completed: 04/1854
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 11
Dimensions: 513grt, 392nrt, 169.5 x 24.2 x 15.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (34 & 34 x 26ins), 70hp
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 609
History:
29/04/1854 General Steam Navigation Co, London
1879 Broken up
Comments: Built for the London to Hamburg service
Accommodation for 63 x passengers
1879: Broken up


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 18/02/1854