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'MARS'

Built by:Money Wigram & Son's, at Blackwall.
Yard No.
Launched:1852
Tonnage:128 61/94
Length:179 8/10
Breadth:19
Depth:8 4/10
Machinery:Oscillating of 90 nominal horse-power, by Millar & Ravenhill, feathering wheels.
Decks:One and one mast
Built of:Iron
Type:Paddle - Sloop rig
Registered:16th November 1853 No. 583 London. Cert granted 7th March 1853.
Off Number:9062
Built for:William Stephen Andrews of London.
Other info:Crew - 8 men.
Had a male bust figure head.
History:1853. Owned by The Gravesend New Steam Packet Company.
1856. Registered by W. S. Andrews.
1858. Registered by John Ennis.
1863. Registered by James Brown.


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