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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ANT |
22818 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1855 |
03/06/18551855 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Passenger Ferry
| Iron Paddle Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Blackwood & Gordon, Paisley |
Cartvale SB Yard |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
102 grt / 64 nrt / |
122.6 ft |
18.1 ft |
7.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
, |
Engine detail |
2-cyl 60hp. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
T. F. & R. Hetherington, Liverpool |
Liverpool |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
By 1868 Rock Ferry Co Ltd, Rock Ferry, Cheshire |
Vessel history |
Mersey ferry for service to Rock Ferry. Double-ender. 22/12/1857 In collision with unnamed steamship off Birkenhead, losing a paddlebox and her funnel. Passengers rescued by steamer BRITANNIA. ANT was towed in for repair 22/7/1865 collided in Mersey with tug ROYAL SAXON and subsequently fined. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1878 |
Broken Up |
Disposal Detail |
8/1878 broken up (British registry not closed until 1882) |
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