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Normandy
Built in 1882 by John Elder & Co of Govan (Fairfield yard)
231 ft x 27.7 ft : 605 GRT
Engine : Compound diagonal 46 and 83 in x 60 in
Built for the
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Newhaven to Dieppe cross-channel ferry service
Spent 1892/3 season ferrying between Liverpool and Douglas (Isle of
Man) for SW Higginbottom
Sold to John Richards of Swansea in 1904 and sailed
between Swansea and Ilfracombe
Broken up in 1909
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