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Name: CHASSEUR
Type: Floating Factory
Launched: 17/04/1855
Completed: 08/1855
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 543bm, 162.0 x 25.0 x 15.0ft
Engines: 2cyl
Engines by: R Morrison & Co, Ouseburn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
28/05/1855 The Admiralty
25/05/1901 Broken up
Comments: 17/04/1855: Launched as a collier for Hugh Taylor, London
28/05/1855: Purchased by the Admiralty before completion
25/05/1901: Sold for beaking up by TW Ward Ltd at Preston


North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 16th August 1855

Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 19th January 1856