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Name: DURHAM
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 15/03/1866
Completed: 08/1866
Builder: T Hepple & Son
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 141grt, 37nrt, 94.1 x 26.4 x 8.2ft
Engines: 2 x L1cyl (25.5 x 45ins), 44nhp
Engines by: T Hepple & Son, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 53470
History:
08/1866 Tyne Improvement Commissioners, Newcastle; registered at North Shields
No later history known
Comments: Licensed to carry 508 x passengers
1912: Engine removed & converted to hulk
1919: Reported lost