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Built by:	Ditchburn & Mare, Blackwall
Yard No.
Launched:	1845
Tonnage:	157⁸/₁₀
Length:	108⁵/₁₀ feet
Breadth:	22²/₁₀ feet
Depth:	11 . 1⁵/₁₀ feet
Machinery:	30h.p. by Maudslay. 90 ihp. Propelled by steam with an engine room 12 feet in length and weighed 33⁴/₁₀ tons.
Decks:	1¹/₄ decks.
Built of:	Iron.
Type:	Schooner rigged.
Registered:	26th March 1846, Number 101 in London.
Other info:	Had 3 masts. Shield figure head. Official No. 158.
History:	1846. Built for ‘The London, Rotterdam & Harlinger Steam Schooner Shipping Company owned by James Laming, William Margetson and John Margetson of Mark Lane, London. 1846. Edward Stephen, Master. 13th May 1846. Sailed from Gravesend for Boulogne. 11th September 1846. William Watts, Master. 30th September 1846. Sailed from Gravesend for Boulogne. 19th October 1846. Entered inward at the Custom House from Rotterdam. 25th October 1846. Sailed from Gravesend for Rotterdam. 29th October 1846. Arrived at Gravesend from Rotterdam. 17th November 1846. Cleared outward with Cargo for Rotterdam. 13th January 1847. Sailed from Gravesend from Rotterdam. 17th March 1847. Arrived at Gravesend from Rotterdam. 21st March 1847. Sailed from Gravesend for Calais. 17th April 1847. Sailed from Gravesend for Rotterdam. 25th April 1847. Arrived at Gravesend from Rotterdam. 19th May 1847. Sailed from Gravesend for Rotterdam. 30th May 1847. Arrived at Gravesend from Rotterdam. 13th June 1847. Arrived at Gravesend from Rotterdam. 1st August 1847. Arrived at Gravesend from Rotterdam. 18th August 1847. Sailed from Gravesend for Rotterdam. 19th August 1847. Transferred to the G.S.S.S.Co.Ltd. 21st September 1847. Sailed from Gravesend for Rotterdam. 28th September 1847. Cleared at Custom House, Gravesend, outward with cargo for Rotterdam. 18th October 1847. Arrived at Gravesend from Rotterdam. 3rd November 1847. Sail from Gravesend for Rotterdam. 13th February 1848. Arrived at Gravesend from Mauritius. 13th February 1848. Arrived at Gravesend from Rotterdam. 8th April 1848. Richard Hart, Master. 21st April 1848. Arrived at Gravesend from Harlingen. 16th July 1848. Arrived at Gravesend from Leer. 30th July 1848. Arrived at Gravesend from Breman. 17th August 1848. Sailed from Gravesend for Leer. 15th January 1849. John Hayes, Master. 22nd January 1849. John Boxer, Master. 16th February 1849. Richard Hart, Master. 30th April 1849. John Boxer, Master. 10th June 1849. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 3rd September 1849. Hunt Rolfe, Master. 14th October 1849. Sailed from Gravesend for Dunkirk. 18th October 1849. Sailed from Gravesend for Dunkirk. 8th February 1850. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 15th March 1850. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 24th March 1850. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 10th July 1850. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 4th December 1850. Richard Hart, Master. 9th December 1850. Hunt Rolfe, Master. 12th December 1850. Sailed from Gravesend for Dunkirk. 16th December 1850. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 16th July 1851. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 21st September 1851. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 15th May 1852. Sailed from Gravesend for Dunkirk. 30th December 1852. Sailed from Gravesend for Dunkirk. 1853. Employed in the Continental run. London to Rotterdam. 2nd January 1853. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 11th March 1853. In Southampton Dock. 20th May 1853. Joseph Mullett, Master. 30th May 1853. Hunt Rolfe, Master. 10th August 1853. Sailed from Southampton for Malta, Smyrna, and Constantinople (she had been appointed to the Constantinople station) with passengers and a general cargo. Captain Cargill. 20th August 1853. Exchanged night signals with the ‘Indus’ in lat. 37•44N., long. 8•15E, bound for Constantinople. 7th October 1853. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 16th October 1853. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 26th October 1853. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 6th November 1853. Sailed from Southampton, Captain Cargill, with passengers and cargo for the Peninsula. 5th December 1853. Arrived at Gravesend from Dunkirk. 6th April 1854. Taken out of the basin at Woolwich. 6th April 1854. Sailed with troops and picks more up at Gibraltar. 7th April 1854. Arrived at Portsmouth Harbour with a number of Royal Sappers and Miners for the East, from the Thames to replenishment of coal. 2nd May 1854. Sailed from Malta and headed eastward. 27th February 1855. Arrived at Malta. 8th July 1855. Towed by the ‘Hydaspes’ 29 miles from Europa Point to Gibraltar, as being disabled by having been run into by a bark. 21st July 1855. Being used as a transport arrived at Spithead, from the East, then sailed for London. 24th November 1855. Sailed from Malta for Constantinople. 12th February 1856. Arrived at Malta from Constantinople. 13th February 1856. Transport No 9. Sailed from Malta for Genoa. 1st March 1856. Arrived at Malta from Genoa. 6th March 1856. Sailed from Malta for Leghorn. 22nd March 1856. Arrived at Malta from Leghorn. 3rd April 1856. Passed Deal for London from Calcutta. 7th April 1856. Arrived at Malta from Genoa and Leghorn. 9th April 1856. Sailed from Genoa with a cargo of oxen.(May) 20th May 1856. Arrived at Malta from Genoa. 7th June 1856. Arrived at Malta from Leghorn. 20th June 1856. Arrived at Malta from Genoa. 13th July 1856. Sailed from Genoa. 23rd July 1856. Arrived at Malta from Genoa. 24th July 1856. Sailed for Genoa. 24th August 1856. Arrived at Malta. December 1856. Sold to Foreigners. 31st January 1866. Sailed from Liverpool for New York.

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