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Name: NEPTUNE
Type: River Craft
Launched: 20/03/1886
Completed: 04/1886
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 199
Dimensions: 10grt, 4nrt, 43.5 x 9.1 x 3.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (6 & 13 x 8ins), 10nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 92851
History:
04/1886 J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
No later history known
Comments: A general runabout on the river, still in use in 1980's
Sometimes called KING NEPTUNE