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Nelson
Built in 1875 by W Allsup & Sons of Preston
Length 140 ft : 166 GRT
Engines : Twin diagonal 38 x 48 in
Built for the South Blackpool Jetty Company
Sold in 1883 to interests on the Bristol Channel (samuel Little of Newport, Mon.)
Registered at Plymouth from 1887 and subsequently in Sussex (for Richard Collard) then Liverpool
Operated excursions to France and Belgium whilst based in Sussex
Hulked and used for coal in London from 1905
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