| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Thomas Assheton Smith, Vaynol Hall, Caernarvonshire |
Beaumaris |
10/08/1830 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1834 London & Edinburgh Steam Packet Co, London - reg London
1836 General Steam Navigation Co, London
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| Vessel history |
Built as a steam yacht to replace 175t cutter yacht (built Hastings 1826)
1834 converted to steam packet, and after a London-Oporto sailing, operated on London-Newcastle service
From 1837 on various mail services from London to Calais, Ostend, Rotterdam, Le Havre
1844-1848 on Shoreham-Brighton-Dieppe-Le Havre services in cooperation with London & Brighton Railway Co
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1854 |
Wrecked 09/02/1854 |
| Disposal Detail |
Wrecked on back of West Pier, Calais attempting to enter from London during a gale. Passengers and crew were able to evacuate the ship at low water, but ship reported lost (engine and boilers were being removed).
Later reported refloated (and broken up?) |
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