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Name: SWIFT
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 1815
Completed: 1815
Builder: Emerson
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 12tonsb
Engines: 3hp
Engines by: Robertson
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1815 Unknown owner
1864 No later history known
Comments: 1822 Used on the Newcastle to Shields service
May also have been a tug