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John Bull - a general history

Official No. 5112: Code Letters JGHS: one deck; one mast; clinch built wood steam paddle sloop; 75g; exclusive of engine room 10t; 77.7 x 18.0 x 9.1 engine 40hp.

Owners: 1854 Ralph Ward & Charles Ward Jackson, West Hartlepool; 1867 North Eastern Railway Co (John Cleghorn (Spring Gardens, Charing Cross, Middlesex manager) (York) West Hartlepool.

Masters: 1847 Duffill; 1855 Thomas Fidler.

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