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Brighton
Built in 1878 by John Elder & Co, Govan
Length : 221' 3" - Breadth : 27' 7"
531 Gross Registered
Tons
Engine : Compound diagonal 48 and 83 in x 60 in
Ordered by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Sank at Dieppe in 1893 after colliding with the pier
Salvaged and sold to the Swansea-based Pockett company in 1896
Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1915
Sold for use in Turkey and believed to have survived until 1927
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