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Name: PERCY
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 05/09/1861
Completed: 1861
Builder: Richard Stobbs
Yard: Coble Dene, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 35grt, 12nrt, 59.5 x 15.0 x 6.0ft; (1871: 6.9ft)
Engines: 18nhp
Engines by: Hepple & Landells, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 29721
History:
1861 North and South Shields Ferry Co; registered at Shields
1863 Tyne Improvement Commissioners, Shields
No later history known
Comments: 1912: Register closed


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